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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst
index f2383cee..98c4657c 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/oracle.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This datasource reads metadata, vendor-data and user-data from
Oracle Platform
---------------
-OCI provides bare metal and virtual machines. In both cases,
+OCI provides bare metal and virtual machines. In both cases,
the platform identifies itself via DMI data in the chassis asset tag
with the string 'OracleCloud.com'.
@@ -22,5 +22,28 @@ Cloud-init has a specific datasource for Oracle in order to:
implementation.
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+The following configuration can be set for the datasource in system
+configuration (in ``/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg`` or ``/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/``).
+
+The settings that may be configured are:
+
+* **configure_secondary_nics**: A boolean, defaulting to False. If set
+ to True on an OCI Virtual Machine, cloud-init will fetch networking
+ metadata from Oracle's IMDS and use it to configure the non-primary
+ network interface controllers in the system. If set to True on an
+ OCI Bare Metal Machine, it will have no effect (though this may
+ change in the future).
+
+An example configuration with the default values is provided below:
+
+.. sourcecode:: yaml
+
+ datasource:
+ Oracle:
+ configure_secondary_nics: false
+
.. _Oracle Compute Infrastructure: https://cloud.oracle.com/
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