diff --git a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md
index 64bec01b765c3f423fcd22a5bc8bc2dfe3cba381..e952c22bf916552b9f73b06e7129b5a8bb35049b 100644
--- a/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md
+++ b/doc/user/admin_area/settings/usage_statistics.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ tier. Users can continue to access the features in a paid tier without sharing u
 
 ### Features available in 16.0 and later
 
+- [View description change history](../../../user/discussions/index.md#view-description-change-history).
 - [Maintenance mode](../../../administration/maintenance_mode/index.md).
 - [Configurable issue boards](../../project/issue_board.md#configurable-issue-boards).
 - [Coverage-guided fuzz testing](../../application_security/coverage_fuzzing/index.md).
diff --git a/ee/app/models/gitlab_subscriptions/features.rb b/ee/app/models/gitlab_subscriptions/features.rb
index 8c2e7884f56471f2edb1b34ffd27c2eaae0f504c..3ae84bc20701964f64fd03c3d8ce6edfe70a19ec 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/gitlab_subscriptions/features.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/gitlab_subscriptions/features.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class Features
       code_owners
       code_review_analytics
       contribution_analytics
-      description_diffs
       elastic_search
       full_codequality_report
       group_activity_analytics
@@ -256,6 +255,7 @@ class Features
     ].freeze
 
     STARTER_FEATURES_WITH_USAGE_PING = %i[
+      description_diffs
       send_emails_from_admin_area
       repository_size_limit
       maintenance_mode
diff --git a/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/project/work_items_spec.rb b/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/project/work_items_spec.rb
index 20e9a4b75f6b97db19e788b685dd34ebe7303c64..0ddde876e76f0b9e4cc530322fdaa29d0307793c 100644
--- a/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/project/work_items_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/requests/api/graphql/project/work_items_spec.rb
@@ -311,6 +311,15 @@
 
           it_behaves_like 'description change diff', description_diffs_enabled: false
         end
+
+        context 'with description_diffs enabled through Registration Features' do
+          before do
+            stub_licensed_features(description_diffs: false)
+            stub_application_setting(usage_ping_features_enabled: true)
+          end
+
+          it_behaves_like 'description change diff', description_diffs_enabled: true
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/serializers/ee/note_entity_spec.rb b/ee/spec/serializers/ee/note_entity_spec.rb
index dabfb59f5e6bc46c51a21e38cae1d2e467c86537..4667442b300eb70e87b4a841264dd853c265c4d2 100644
--- a/ee/spec/serializers/ee/note_entity_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/serializers/ee/note_entity_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context 'when description_diffs feature is available through Registration Features' do
+    before do
+      stub_application_setting(usage_ping_features_enabled: true)
+      stub_licensed_features(description_diffs: false)
+    end
+
+    it 'includes description versions attributes' do
+      expect(subject[:description_version_id]).to eq(description_version.id)
+      expect(subject[:description_diff_path]).to eq(description_diff_project_issue_path(issue.project, issue, description_version.id))
+      expect(subject[:delete_description_version_path]).to eq(delete_description_version_project_issue_path(issue.project, issue, description_version.id))
+      expect(subject[:can_delete_description_version]).to eq(true)
+    end
+  end
+
   context 'when description_diffs license is not available' do
     before do
       stub_licensed_features(description_diffs: false)
diff --git a/ee/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/concerns/description_diff_actions_shared_examples.rb b/ee/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/concerns/description_diff_actions_shared_examples.rb
index 1830c15cd25408e63839fb6c62beaf2baa09b567..0636d73f2645e9a69398c6543a223e806a37c3fb 100644
--- a/ee/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/concerns/description_diff_actions_shared_examples.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/support/shared_examples/controllers/concerns/description_diff_actions_shared_examples.rb
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ def delete_description_version(extra_params = {})
       delete :delete_description_version, params: base_params.merge(extra_params)
     end
 
-    context 'when license is available' do
-      before do
-        stub_licensed_features(epics: true, description_diffs: true)
-      end
-
+    shared_examples 'description diff actions' do
       context 'GET description_diff' do
         it 'returns the diff with the previous version' do
           expect(Gitlab::Diff::CharDiff).to receive(:new).with(version_2.description, version_3.description).and_call_original
@@ -129,6 +125,23 @@ def delete_description_version(extra_params = {})
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when license is available' do
+      before do
+        stub_licensed_features(epics: true, description_diffs: true)
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'description diff actions'
+    end
+
+    context 'when features are available through Registration Features' do
+      before do
+        stub_application_setting(usage_ping_features_enabled: true)
+        stub_licensed_features(epics: true, description_diffs: false)
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like 'description diff actions'
+    end
+
     context 'when license is not available' do
       before do
         stub_licensed_features(epics: true, description_diffs: false)