diff --git a/conf/config-default.yaml b/conf/config-default.yaml
index c5cd20e418420..a59590ec3899a 100644
--- a/conf/config-default.yaml
+++ b/conf/config-default.yaml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ plugins:                          # plugin list (sorted in alphabetical order)
   - limit-count
   - limit-req
   #- log-rotate
-  - node-status
+  #- node-status
   - openid-connect
   - prometheus
   - proxy-cache
diff --git a/doc/plugins/node-status.md b/doc/plugins/node-status.md
index c1eaae808a039..37ea6a6901021 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/node-status.md
+++ b/doc/plugins/node-status.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ You may need to use [interceptors](../plugin-interceptors.md) to protect it.
 
 ## How To Enable
 
-1. Configure `node-status` in the plugin list of the configuration file `apisix/conf/config.yaml`,
+1. Configure `node-status` in the plugin list of the configuration file `conf/config.yaml`,
 then you can add this plugin in any route.
 
 ```
diff --git a/doc/zh-cn/plugins/node-status.md b/doc/zh-cn/plugins/node-status.md
index 1d5e7ff6deb99..c266a7a4e39be 100644
--- a/doc/zh-cn/plugins/node-status.md
+++ b/doc/zh-cn/plugins/node-status.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
 ## 启用插件
 
-1. 配置文件 `apisix/conf/config.yaml` 的 plugin list 中配置 `node-status`
+1. 配置文件 `conf/config.yaml` 的 plugin list 中配置 `node-status`
 
 ```
 plugins:                          # plugin list
diff --git a/t/admin/plugins.t b/t/admin/plugins.t
index 40a46d7f74d0c..f81697a95fa17 100644
--- a/t/admin/plugins.t
+++ b/t/admin/plugins.t
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ __DATA__
 --- request
 GET /apisix/admin/plugins/list
 --- response_body_like eval
-qr/\["zipkin","request-id","fault-injection","serverless-pre-function","batch-requests","cors","ip-restriction","referer-restriction","uri-blocker","request-validation","openid-connect","wolf-rbac","hmac-auth","basic-auth","jwt-auth","key-auth","consumer-restriction","authz-keycloak","proxy-mirror","proxy-cache","proxy-rewrite","api-breaker","limit-conn","limit-count","limit-req","node-status","redirect","response-rewrite","grpc-transcode","prometheus","echo","http-logger","sls-logger","tcp-logger","kafka-logger","syslog","udp-logger","example-plugin","serverless-post-function"\]/
+qr/\["zipkin","request-id","fault-injection","serverless-pre-function","batch-requests","cors","ip-restriction","referer-restriction","uri-blocker","request-validation","openid-connect","wolf-rbac","hmac-auth","basic-auth","jwt-auth","key-auth","consumer-restriction","authz-keycloak","proxy-mirror","proxy-cache","proxy-rewrite","api-breaker","limit-conn","limit-count","limit-req","redirect","response-rewrite","grpc-transcode","prometheus","echo","http-logger","sls-logger","tcp-logger","kafka-logger","syslog","udp-logger","example-plugin","serverless-post-function"\]/
 --- no_error_log
 [error]
 
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ GET /apisix/admin/plugins
 
 
 === TEST 4: get plugin node-status schema
+--- extra_yaml_config
+plugins:
+    - node-status
 --- config
     location /t {
         content_by_lua_block {
diff --git a/t/plugin/node-status.t b/t/plugin/node-status.t
index ac7bbc01200f0..9e5a86dd1c6fe 100644
--- a/t/plugin/node-status.t
+++ b/t/plugin/node-status.t
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
 #
 use t::APISIX 'no_plan';
 
+add_block_preprocessor(sub {
+    my ($block) = @_;
+
+    my $extra_yaml_config = <<_EOC_;
+plugins:
+    - node-status
+_EOC_
+
+    $block->set_value("extra_yaml_config", $extra_yaml_config);
+
+    $block;
+});
+
 master_on();
 repeat_each(1);
 no_long_string();