diff --git a/docs/resources/artifactory_remote_helm_repository.md b/docs/resources/artifactory_remote_helm_repository.md
index c4d57647e..e0f596be5 100644
--- a/docs/resources/artifactory_remote_helm_repository.md
+++ b/docs/resources/artifactory_remote_helm_repository.md
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ All generic repo arguments are supported, in addition to:
 * `helm_charts_base_url` - (Optional) - No documentation is available. Hopefully you know what this means
 * `external_dependencies_enabled` - (Optional) When set, external dependencies are rewritten.
 * `external_dependencies_patterns` - (Optional) An Allow List of Ant-style path expressions that specify where external
-  dependencies may be downloaded from. By default, this is set to ** which means that dependencies may be downloaded
-  from any external source.
+  dependencies may be downloaded from. By default, this is an empty list which means that no dependencies may be downloaded
+  from external sources. Note that the official documentation states the default is '**', which is correct when creating
+  repositories in the UI, but incorrect for the API.
diff --git a/pkg/artifactory/resource_artifactory_remote_helm_repository.go b/pkg/artifactory/resource_artifactory_remote_helm_repository.go
index 73aafb4ab..7df6a69d9 100644
--- a/pkg/artifactory/resource_artifactory_remote_helm_repository.go
+++ b/pkg/artifactory/resource_artifactory_remote_helm_repository.go
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ var helmRemoteSchema = mergeSchema(baseRemoteSchema, map[string]*schema.Schema{
 		},
 		RequiredWith: []string{"external_dependencies_enabled"},
 		Description: "An Allow List of Ant-style path expressions that specify where external dependencies may be downloaded from. " +
-			"By default, this is set to ** which means that dependencies may be downloaded from any external source.",
+			"By default, this is an empty list which means that no dependencies may be downloaded from external sources. " +
+			"Note that the official documentation states the default is '**', " +
+			"which is correct when creating repositories in the UI, but incorrect for the API.",
 	},
 })