diff --git a/docs/features/software-catalog/configuration.md b/docs/features/software-catalog/configuration.md
index 6ed5a1d4b6..df252808eb 100644
--- a/docs/features/software-catalog/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/features/software-catalog/configuration.md
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ catalog:
   orphanStrategy: delete
 ```
 
+## Clean up entities from orphaned entity providers
+
+By default, if an entity provider which has provided entities to the catalog, is no longer configured, then the entities remain in the catalog until they are manually unregistered.
+
+To remove these entities automatically, you can use the following configuration.
+
+```yaml
+catalog:
+  evictOrphanedEntityProviders: true
+```
+
 ## Processing Interval
 
 The [processing loop](./life-of-an-entity.md#processing) is
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts
index 1169b4ccfa..057d581e80 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/config.d.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export interface Config {
     useUrlReadersSearch?: boolean;
 
     /**
-     * Evicts entities from the catalog that are no longer referenced by entity providers added to the catalog.
+     * Evicts entities from the catalog when their related entity provider no longer exists.
      */
     evictOrphanedEntityProviders?: boolean;
   };