diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/datadog/DatadogProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/datadog/DatadogProperties.java
index 139c16fd98..bd5e3c3e19 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/datadog/DatadogProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/export/datadog/DatadogProperties.java
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ public class DatadogProperties extends StepRegistryProperties {
 	private String hostTag = "instance";
 
 	/**
-	 * URI to ship metrics to. If you need to publish metrics to an internal proxy
-	 * en-route to Datadog, you can define the location of the proxy with this.
+	 * URI to ship metrics to. Set this if you need to publish metrics to a Datadog site
+	 * other than US, or to an internal proxy en-route to Datadog.
 	 */
 	private String uri = "https://api.datadoghq.com";
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/metrics.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/metrics.adoc
index 07e78fd514..453df62f81 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/metrics.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/actuator/metrics.adoc
@@ -132,6 +132,30 @@ To export metrics to {micrometer-registry-docs}/datadog[Datadog], your API key m
 	        api-key: "YOUR_KEY"
 ----
 
+If you additionally provide an application key (optional), then metadata such as meter descriptions, types, and base units will also be exported:
+
+[source,yaml,indent=0,subs="verbatim",configprops,configblocks]
+----
+	management:
+	  metrics:
+	    export:
+	      datadog:
+	        api-key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
+	        application-key: "YOUR_APPLICATION_KEY"
+----
+
+By default, metrics are sent to the Datadog US https://docs.datadoghq.com/getting_started/site[site] (`https://api.datadoghq.com`).
+In case your Datadog project is hosted on one of the other sites, or you need to send metrics through a proxy, change the API base URL accordingly:
+
+[source,yaml,indent=0,subs="verbatim",configprops,configblocks]
+----
+	management:
+	  metrics:
+	    export:
+	      datadog:
+	        uri: "https://api.datadoghq.eu"
+----
+
 You can also change the interval at which metrics are sent to Datadog:
 
 [source,yaml,indent=0,subs="verbatim",configprops,configblocks]