diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index be9e131850130..d3c198daf978d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ replace (
 	// replace module github.com/moby/spdystream until https://github.com/moby/spdystream/pull/91 merges and deps are updated
 	// otherwise tests fail with a data race detection.
 	github.com/moby/spdystream => github.com/gravitational/spdystream v0.0.0-20230512133543-4e46862ca9bf
-	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 => github.com/gravitational/redis/v9 v9.0.2-teleport.1
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 => github.com/gravitational/redis/v9 v9.0.2-teleport.2
 	github.com/sijms/go-ora/v2 => github.com/gravitational/go-ora/v2 v2.0.0-20230821114616-e2a9f1131a46
 	github.com/vulcand/predicate => github.com/gravitational/predicate v1.3.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1de3db50abaec..103526c9393f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -825,8 +825,8 @@ github.com/gravitational/predicate v1.3.1 h1:f1uGg2FF6z5wZbcafYpLZJ1gl+82I0MlSd0
 github.com/gravitational/predicate v1.3.1/go.mod h1:H5e9dUW7zb/cuKkkhfnyT9SsI/WHWJ8Ra011La16DTY=
 github.com/gravitational/protobuf v1.3.2-teleport.1 h1:h5mh+UOKPurqDxn1hRVcr1WzSkmBi+D9qkXpaXA9PFM=
 github.com/gravitational/protobuf v1.3.2-teleport.1/go.mod h1:P1XiOD3dCwIKUDQYPy72D8LYyHL2YPYrpS2s69NZV8Q=
-github.com/gravitational/redis/v9 v9.0.2-teleport.1 h1:BYrMUySxKFOkZ/4XjKEIvkDYqBBBeRGs3eVLLS9btrA=
-github.com/gravitational/redis/v9 v9.0.2-teleport.1/go.mod h1:/xDTe9EF1LM61hek62Poq2nzQSGj0xSrEtEHbBQevps=
+github.com/gravitational/redis/v9 v9.0.2-teleport.2 h1:br9gSGJLpfrIoKsF5N99zWgjPpQpsQiCeN5HmAbYpio=
+github.com/gravitational/redis/v9 v9.0.2-teleport.2/go.mod h1:/xDTe9EF1LM61hek62Poq2nzQSGj0xSrEtEHbBQevps=
 github.com/gravitational/roundtrip v1.0.2 h1:eOCY0NEKKaB0ksJmvhO6lPMFz1pIIef+vyPBTBROQ5c=
 github.com/gravitational/roundtrip v1.0.2/go.mod h1:fuI1booM2hLRA/B/m5MRAPOU6mBZNYcNycono2UuTw0=
 github.com/gravitational/spdystream v0.0.0-20230512133543-4e46862ca9bf h1:aXnqDSit8L1qhI0+QdbJh+MTUFKXG7qbkZXnfr7L96A=
diff --git a/lib/srv/db/access_test.go b/lib/srv/db/access_test.go
index 13839a7e28621..5ce8b85873815 100644
--- a/lib/srv/db/access_test.go
+++ b/lib/srv/db/access_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package db
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"database/sql"
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/opensearch"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/postgres"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/redis"
+	redisprotocol "github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/redis/protocol"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/secrets"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/snowflake"
 	"github.com/gravitational/teleport/lib/srv/db/sqlserver"
@@ -437,6 +439,54 @@ func TestAccessRedis(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestRedisCommandDocs is a regression test to verify if simple/status strings
+// (+<string>) are returned to Redis client for "COMMAND DOCS" command.
+//
+// "redis-cli" expects command info flags in simple/status strings (+<string>),
+// not regular ones ($<string>). An error is thrown by "redis-cli" if +<string>
+// is not received.
+func TestRedisCommandDocs(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+	testCtx := setupTestContext(ctx, t, withSelfHostedRedis("redis"))
+	go testCtx.startHandlingConnections()
+
+	// Create user/role with the requested permissions.
+	testCtx.createUserAndRole(ctx, t, "alice", "admin", []string{types.Wildcard}, []string{types.Wildcard})
+
+	// Try to connect to the database as this user.
+	redisClient, err := testCtx.redisClient(ctx, "alice", "redis", "default")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Miniredis returns a sample command result:
+	// https://github.com/alicebob/miniredis/blob/master/cmd_command.go
+	//
+	// Unlike "redis-cli", redisClient.Command accepts any kind of string
+	// regardless whether the flag is in +<flag> or in $<flag>. This should
+	// always succeeds but it will be used as a reference to test the raw
+	// output.
+	parsedCommandInfos := redisClient.Command(ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, parsedCommandInfos.Err())
+
+	// Capture the raw bytes.
+	rawCommandInfos := goredis.NewCmd(ctx, "COMMAND", "DOCS")
+	require.NoError(t, redisClient.Process(ctx, rawCommandInfos))
+	rawCommandInfosBuffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	require.NoError(t, redisprotocol.WriteCmd(goredis.NewWriter(rawCommandInfosBuffer), rawCommandInfos.Val()))
+
+	// Loop each flag to make sure +<flag> is written to the raw bytes.
+	rawCommandInfosOutput := rawCommandInfosBuffer.String()
+	var flagsVerified int
+	for _, commandInfo := range parsedCommandInfos.Val() {
+		for _, flag := range commandInfo.Flags {
+			require.Contains(t, rawCommandInfosOutput, "+"+flag)
+			flagsVerified += 1
+		}
+	}
+	// Just to make sure miniredis is returning a command info with some flags.
+	require.Greater(t, flagsVerified, 0)
+}
+
 // TestMySQLBadHandshake verifies MySQL proxy can gracefully handle truncated
 // client handshake messages.
 func TestMySQLBadHandshake(t *testing.T) {