diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/project/components/packages_protection_rule_form.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/project/components/packages_protection_rule_form.vue
index ef5e4449ea57032f11e1ff981639dbb33da622e8..42990af8082df9ed2c5ec38afd3f1e1e2a8bfa3c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/project/components/packages_protection_rule_form.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/packages_and_registries/settings/project/components/packages_protection_rule_form.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 <script>
-import { GlAlert, GlButton, GlFormGroup, GlForm, GlFormInput, GlFormSelect } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import {
+  GlAlert,
+  GlButton,
+  GlFormGroup,
+  GlForm,
+  GlFormInput,
+  GlFormSelect,
+  GlSprintf,
+} from '@gitlab/ui';
+import HelpPageLink from '~/vue_shared/components/help_page_link/help_page_link.vue';
 import createPackagesProtectionRuleMutation from '~/packages_and_registries/settings/project/graphql/mutations/create_packages_protection_rule.mutation.graphql';
 import { s__, __ } from '~/locale';
 
@@ -20,11 +29,16 @@ export default {
     GlFormGroup,
     GlAlert,
     GlForm,
+    GlSprintf,
+    HelpPageLink,
   },
   inject: ['projectPath'],
   i18n: {
     PACKAGES_PROTECTION_RULES_SAVED_SUCCESS_MESSAGE,
     PACKAGES_PROTECTION_RULES_SAVED_ERROR_MESSAGE,
+    packageNamePatternInputHelpText: s__(
+      'PackageRegistry|%{linkStart}Wildcards%{linkEnd} such as `@my-scope/my-package-*` are supported.',
+    ),
   },
   data() {
     return {
@@ -132,6 +146,17 @@ export default {
           required
           :disabled="isFieldDisabled"
         />
+        <template #description>
+          <gl-sprintf :message="$options.i18n.packageNamePatternInputHelpText">
+            <template #link="{ content }">
+              <help-page-link
+                href="user/packages/package_registry/package_protection_rules.md"
+                target="_blank"
+                >{{ content }}</help-page-link
+              >
+            </template>
+          </gl-sprintf>
+        </template>
       </gl-form-group>
 
       <gl-form-group
diff --git a/doc/user/packages/package_registry/package_protection_rules.md b/doc/user/packages/package_registry/package_protection_rules.md
index d724ebbe3316496df5e84475ebde63077f04be6f..4385448662e2659aa949ac4b543afe0495171121 100644
--- a/doc/user/packages/package_registry/package_protection_rules.md
+++ b/doc/user/packages/package_registry/package_protection_rules.md
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ To protect a package:
 
 The package protection rule is created, and appears in the settings.
 
+### Protecting multiple packages
+
+You can use a wildcard to protect multiple packages with the same package protection rule.
+For example, you can protect all the temporary packages built during a CI/CD pipeline.
+
+The following table contains examples of package protection rules that match multiple packages:
+
+| Package name pattern with wildcard | Matching packages                                                           |
+|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `@group/package-*`                 | `@group/package-prod`, `@group/package-prod-sha123456789`                   |
+| `@group/*package`                  | `@group/package`, `@group/prod-package`, `@group/prod-sha123456789-package` |
+| `@group/*package*`                 | `@group/package`, `@group/prod-sha123456789-package-v1`                     |
+
+It's possible to apply several protection rules to the same package.
+If at least one protection rule applies to the package, the package is protected.
+
 ## Delete a package protection rule and unprotect a package
 
 > - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/140483) in GitLab 16.10.
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 26430ec82a10360f1d9cafb37044c6644bdfc886..6a92a1bf0b60eb544e8e226770132649f7f2d668 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -36664,6 +36664,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "PackageRegistry|%{count} packages were not published to the registry. Remove these packages and try again."
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "PackageRegistry|%{linkStart}Wildcards%{linkEnd} such as `@my-scope/my-package-*` are supported."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "PackageRegistry|%{name} version %{version} was first created %{datetime}"
 msgstr ""