diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03cd0bdf1b84..c828f5301c89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 * [4574](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4574) **slim-bean**: Loki: Add a ring to the compactor used to control concurrency when not running standalone
 * [4603](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4603) **garrettlish**: Add date time sprig template functions in logql label/line formatter
 * [4608](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4608) **trevorwhitney**: Change default value of ingester lifecycler's `final_sleep` from `30s` to `0s`
+* [4629](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4629) **owen-d**: Default the WAL to enabled in the Loki jsonnet library
 
 # 2.3.0 (2021/08/06)
 
diff --git a/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md b/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md
index de720d125209..11a6992af0c2 100644
--- a/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ This changes the default value for the `final_sleep` property of the ingester's
 #### Ingester WAL now defaults to on, and chunk transfers are disabled by default
 
 * [4543](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4543) **trevorwhitney**: Change more default values and improve application of common storage config
+* [4629](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4629) **owen-d**: Default the WAL to enabled in the Loki jsonnet library
+* [4624](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/4624) **chaudum**: Disable chunk transfers in jsonnet lib
 
 This changes a few default values, resulting in the ingester WAL now being on by default,
 and chunk transfer retries are disabled by default. Note, this now means Loki will depend on local disk by default for it's WAL (write ahead log) directory. This defaults to `wal` but can be overridden via the `--ingester.wal-dir` or via `path_prefix` in the common configuration section. Below are config snippets with the previous defaults, and another with the new values.
diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
index d1a1cc0602f0..3821ab7018c5 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
     // flag for tuning things when boltdb-shipper is current or upcoming index type.
     using_boltdb_shipper: true,
 
-    wal_enabled: false,
+    wal_enabled: true,
     query_scheduler_enabled: false,
     overrides_exporter_enabled: false,
 
     // flags for running ingesters/queriers as a statefulset instead of deployment type.
+    // WAL enabled configurations automatically use statefulsets.
     stateful_ingesters: false,
     ingester_pvc_size: '10Gi',
     ingester_pvc_class: 'fast',