diff --git a/scripts/base/frameworks/telemetry/options.zeek b/scripts/base/frameworks/telemetry/options.zeek
index 9e5adf1fbb..6aa05f5f9b 100644
--- a/scripts/base/frameworks/telemetry/options.zeek
+++ b/scripts/base/frameworks/telemetry/options.zeek
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export {
 	const metrics_address = getenv("ZEEK_DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS") &redef;
 
 	## Port used to make metric data available to Prometheus scrapers via
-	## HTTP.
+	## HTTP. The default value means Zeek won't expose the port.
 	const metrics_port = 0/unknown &redef;
 
 	## ID for the metrics exporter. This is used as the 'endpoint' label
diff --git a/scripts/policy/frameworks/telemetry/prometheus.zeek b/scripts/policy/frameworks/telemetry/prometheus.zeek
index b1d9374e8b..2b2ac4d255 100644
--- a/scripts/policy/frameworks/telemetry/prometheus.zeek
+++ b/scripts/policy/frameworks/telemetry/prometheus.zeek
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 ##! from the cluster node configuration for exporting data to
 ##! Prometheus.
 ##!
-##! For customization or disabling, redef the involved Telemetry options
-##! again. Specifically, to disable listening on port 9911, set
-##! :zeek:see:`Telemetry::metrics_port` to `0/unknown` again.
-##!
 ##! The manager node will also provide a ``/services.json`` endpoint
 ##! for the HTTP Service Discovery system in Prometheus to use for
 ##! configuration. This endpoint will include information for all of
diff --git a/scripts/site/local.zeek b/scripts/site/local.zeek
index 328c823975..71251c0cb1 100644
--- a/scripts/site/local.zeek
+++ b/scripts/site/local.zeek
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ redef digest_salt = "Please change this value.";
 # telemetry_histogram.log.
 @load frameworks/telemetry/log
 
-# Enable metrics centralization on the manager. This opens port 9911/tcp
-# on the manager node that can be readily scraped by Prometheus.
+# Enable Prometheus metrics scraping in the cluster: each Zeek node will listen
+# on the metrics port defined in its Cluster::nodes entry.
 # @load frameworks/telemetry/prometheus
 
 # Uncomment the following line to enable detection of the heartbleed attack. Enabling