diff --git a/doc/administration/container_registry.md b/doc/administration/container_registry.md
index de225385c7addd82fc74803bd5fa6e2e9edda0de..d5d433034546fe77676447cc0ceee6af1ef10605 100644
--- a/doc/administration/container_registry.md
+++ b/doc/administration/container_registry.md
@@ -85,6 +85,17 @@ GitLab does not ship with a Registry init file. Hence, [restarting GitLab][resta
 will not restart the Registry should you modify its settings. Read the upstream
 documentation on how to achieve that.
 
+The Docker Registry configuration will need `container_registry` as the service and `https://gitlab.example.com/jwt/auth` as the realm:
+
+```
+auth:
+  token:
+    realm: https://gitlab.example.com/jwt/auth
+    service: container_registry
+    issuer: gitlab-issuer
+    rootcertbundle: /root/certs/certbundle
+```
+
 ## Container Registry domain configuration
 
 There are two ways you can configure the Registry's external domain.