diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
index a811ec83b712f83f49bffb9ba5c0486e50a82877..2ca79bbeae46572df70b1416aa02ca7085fde2b6 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
@@ -1790,6 +1790,7 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, on each one:
    # Object Storage
    ## This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    ## Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
@@ -1936,6 +1937,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
index ba5a412773db9fd6401e2ebff8ab8881e9fb05ed..2a1d344508e647a4e576c959abe6967e1348cf64 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
@@ -1794,6 +1794,7 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, on each one:
    # Object Storage
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
@@ -1942,6 +1943,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md
index b88a8839345b138dbbf8a7c64c3450ee9f2d57ef..f417d1e2ab5b4d15d79207e672ee76691262e8c3 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
    # Object Storage
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md
index da1efb129dd4c0630626b125b8ea4e0971aff999..9d8be3e90b69f7aa3dd64526d42591242ec2f35e 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, one each one:
    # Object Storage
    ## This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    ## Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
@@ -1904,6 +1905,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
    # Object storage
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
index 1120dd58895a54ae7abeaf8c586c474e07d1d7a2..6c4e2227b1805e79f75da9eb9b2fcc073b7bbf31 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
@@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, on each one:
    # Object storage
    ## This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    ## Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
@@ -1958,6 +1959,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
index bbcac4d8ef59f3f62a73a85732a2e329a642ed38..dd7209a3a3a3760edd3d1a03c611ea489eddc415 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
@@ -1715,6 +1715,7 @@ To configure the Sidekiq nodes, one each one:
    # Object Storage
    ## This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    ## Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',
@@ -1889,6 +1890,7 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
    # This is an example for configuring Object Storage on GCP
    # Replace this config with your chosen Object Storage provider as desired
+   gitlab_rails['object_store']['enabled'] = true
    gitlab_rails['object_store']['connection'] = {
      'provider' => 'Google',
      'google_project' => '<gcp-project-name>',