diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
index 5d676dac0001372986e5fc0650b67d79d5b7f7cb..d8b98b18b826f712429da8a46543642b3a87e725 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/10k_users.md
@@ -2012,6 +2012,8 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
 1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
 
+1. If you're not using NFS, [enable incremental logging](#enable-incremental-logging).
+
 1. If you're [using NFS](#configure-nfs-optional):
    1. If necessary, install the NFS client utility packages using the following
       commands:
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
index 423dbc7abfbceac599a856919a5ebc8d9094ac1a..f8730ce6600635bb463c33f7a2316ec801e8cc96 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/25k_users.md
@@ -2017,6 +2017,8 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
 1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
 
+1. If you're not using NFS, [enable incremental logging](#enable-incremental-logging).
+
 1. If you're [using NFS](#configure-nfs-optional):
    1. If necessary, install the NFS client utility packages using the following
       commands:
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md
index 99cc6d47f6a72ba3d5be4ed60ea4865d5bbfd80f..565071684acfe3e7bc6315778c9832b136293f0b 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/2k_users.md
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
 1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
 
+1. If you're not using NFS, [enable incremental logging](#enable-incremental-logging).
+
 1. Run `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check` to confirm the node can connect to Gitaly.
 1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
 
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md
index 5c227e3dc271aef71d56000393b6d89b8bd40b93..64ca363c0d52224e28543c74d94eee138f381d41 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/3k_users.md
@@ -1979,7 +1979,10 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
 1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
 
+1. If you're not using NFS, [enable incremental logging](#enable-incremental-logging).
+
 1. Run `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check` to confirm the node can connect to Gitaly.
+
 1. Tail the logs to see the requests:
 
    ```shell
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
index bddec55ba716563636812fbd44bbe27ba29c74e2..41e8aef13e72841b697b5d8c0672b1baec207dd2 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/50k_users.md
@@ -2034,6 +2034,8 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
 1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
 
+1. If you're not using NFS, [enable incremental logging](#enable-incremental-logging).
+
 1. If you're [using NFS](#configure-nfs-optional):
    1. If necessary, install the NFS client utility packages using the following
       commands:
diff --git a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
index 0e599df7c1f4b683da6b75f8818df0f25c5a0657..df03f8c0642271137f70c4e2b3a42da69f312568 100644
--- a/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
+++ b/doc/administration/reference_architectures/5k_users.md
@@ -1978,6 +1978,8 @@ On each node perform the following:
 
 1. [Reconfigure GitLab](../restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure) for the changes to take effect.
 
+1. If you're not using NFS, [enable incremental logging](#enable-incremental-logging).
+
 1. Run `sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:gitaly:check` to confirm the node can connect to Gitaly.
 1. Tail the logs to see the requests: