diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
index ab0bad70206..ae0d2cb0b26 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
@@ -1465,27 +1465,60 @@ Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment vari
 dataverse.rserve.host
 +++++++++++++++++++++
 
-Host name for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+Host name for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData
+files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+
+Defaults to ``localhost``.
+
+Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment
+variable ``DATAVERSE_RSERVE_HOST``.
 
 dataverse.rserve.port
 +++++++++++++++++++++
 
-Port number for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+Port number for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData
+files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+
+Defaults to ``6311``.
+
+Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment
+variable ``DATAVERSE_RSERVE_PORT``.
 
 dataverse.rserve.user
 +++++++++++++++++++++
 
-Username for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+Username for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData
+files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+
+Defaults to ``rserve``.
+
+Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment
+variable ``DATAVERSE_RSERVE_USER``.
 
 dataverse.rserve.password
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
-Password for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+Password for Rserve, used for tasks that require use of R (to ingest RData
+files and to save tabular data as RData frames).
+
+Defaults to ``rserve``.
+
+Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment
+variable ``DATAVERSE_RSERVE_PASSWORD``.
 
 dataverse.rserve.tempdir
 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
-Temporary directory used by Rserve (defaults to /tmp/Rserv). Note that this location is local to the host on which Rserv is running (specified in ``dataverse.rserve.host`` above). When talking to Rserve, Dataverse needs to know this location in order to generate absolute path names of the files on the other end. 
+Temporary directory used by Rserve (defaults to /tmp/Rserv). Note that this
+location is local to the host on which Rserv is running (specified in
+``dataverse.rserve.host`` above). When talking to Rserve, Dataverse needs to
+know this location in order to generate absolute path names of the files on the
+other end.
+
+Defaults to ``/tmp``.
+
+Can also be set via *MicroProfile Config API* sources, e.g. the environment
+variable ``DATAVERSE_RSERVE_TEMPDIR``.
 
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