diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 51a2c9b0bbf..b19f63c3bcc 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/prometheus/PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ class PrometheusMetricsExportAutoConfigurationTests {
 						.hasBean("customEndpoint").hasSingleBean(PrometheusScrapeEndpoint.class));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void pushGatewayIsNotConfiguredWhenEnabledFlagIsNotSet() {
+		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(BaseConfiguration.class)
+				.run((context) -> assertThat(context).doesNotHaveBean(PrometheusPushGatewayManager.class));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void withPushGatewayEnabled(CapturedOutput output) {
 		this.contextRunner.withConfiguration(AutoConfigurations.of(ManagementContextAutoConfiguration.class))
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc
index 6c86289ef4b..086593eb0f3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/production-ready-features.adoc
@@ -1741,8 +1741,9 @@ To enable Prometheus Pushgateway support, add the following dependency to your p
 </dependency>
 ----
 
-When the Prometheus Pushgateway dependency is present on the classpath, Spring Boot auto-configures a `PrometheusPushGatewayManager` bean.
+When the Prometheus Pushgateway dependency is present on the classpath and the configprop:management.metrics.export.prometheus.pushgateway.enabled[] property is set to `true`, a `PrometheusPushGatewayManager` bean is auto-configured.
 This manages the pushing of metrics to a Prometheus Pushgateway.
+
 The `PrometheusPushGatewayManager` can be tuned using properties under `management.metrics.export.prometheus.pushgateway`.
 For advanced configuration, you can also provide your own `PrometheusPushGatewayManager` bean.