diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 5bde996e2..da45f0e30 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ service:
   rootpath: <the path of the executable>
   # The number of items which gets returned per page
   pagecount: 50
+  # If set to true, enables a /metrics endpoint for prometheus to collect metrics about the system
+  emablemetrics: false
 
 database:
   # Database type to use. Supported types are mysql and sqlite.