diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/README.md b/deployments/helm-chart/README.md
index e1ece64ecc..30b6a32af3 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/README.md
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/README.md
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Parameter | Description | Default
 `controller.strategy` | Specifies the strategy used to replace old Pods by new ones. [docs](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/#strategy) | {}
 `controller.disableIPV6` | Disable IPV6 listeners explicitly for nodes that do not support the IPV6 stack. | false
 `rbac.create` | Configures RBAC. | true
-`prometheus.create` | Expose NGINX or NGINX Plus metrics in the Prometheus format. | false
+`prometheus.create` | Expose NGINX or NGINX Plus metrics in the Prometheus format. | true
 `prometheus.port` | Configures the port to scrape the metrics. | 9113
 `prometheus.scheme` | Configures the HTTP scheme to use for connections to the Prometheus endpoint. | http
 `prometheus.secret` | The namespace / name of a Kubernetes TLS Secret. If specified, this secret is used to secure the Prometheus endpoint with TLS connections. | ""