diff --git a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/features/tablet-throttler.md b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/features/tablet-throttler.md
index 21617c6f3..8a0c5b958 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/features/tablet-throttler.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/features/tablet-throttler.md
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ Throttle a specific app, `vreplication`, so that `80%` of its eligible requests
 $ vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig --throttle-app "vreplication" --throttle-app-ratio=0.8 --throttle-app-duration "30m" commerce
 ```
 
-Force expire now (unthrottle):
+Unthrottle an app:
+
+```sh
+$ vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig --unthrottle-app "vreplication" commerce
+```
+
+An altrnative method to unthrottle is to set a throttling rule that expires immediately:
 
 ```sh
 $ vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig --throttle-app "vreplication" --throttle-app-duration 0 commerce
diff --git a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/_index.md b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/_index.md
index 48d287653..53eca97e7 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/_index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/_index.md
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Note that wherever `vtctl` commands produced master or MASTER for tablet type, t
 
 | Name | Example Usage |
 | :-------- | :--------------- |
-| [UpdateThrottlerConfig](../vtctl/throttler#updatethrottlerconfig) | `UpdateThrottlerConfig  -- [--enable\|--disable] [--threshold=<float64>] [--custom-query=<query>] [--check-as-check-self\|--check-as-check-shard] [--throttle-app=<name>] [--throttle-app-ratio=<float, range [0..1]>] [--throttle-app-duration=<duration>] <keyspace>`
+| [UpdateThrottlerConfig](../vtctl/throttler#updatethrottlerconfig) | `UpdateThrottlerConfig  -- [--enable\|--disable] [--threshold=<float64>] [--custom-query=<query>] [--check-as-check-self\|--check-as-check-shard] [--throttle-app|unthrottle-app=<name>] [--throttle-app-ratio=<float, range [0..1]>] [--throttle-app-duration=<duration>] <keyspace>`
 
 ## Options
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/throttler.md b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/throttler.md
index f3624592a..49cd192d9 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/throttler.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctl/throttler.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Update tablet throttler configuration for all tablets of a given keyspace.
 
 #### Usage
 
-<pre class="command-example">UpdateThrottlerConfig -- [--enable|--disable] [--threshold=&lt;float64&gt;] [--custom-query=&lt;query&gt;] [--check-as-check-self|--check-as-check-shard] [--throttle-app=&lt;name&gt;] [--throttle-app-ratio=&lt;float, range [0..1]&gt;] [--throttle-app-duration=&lt;duration&gt;] &lt;keyspace&gt;</pre>
+<pre class="command-example">UpdateThrottlerConfig -- [--enable|--disable] [--threshold=&lt;float64&gt;] [--custom-query=&lt;query&gt;] [--check-as-check-self|--check-as-check-shard] [--throttle-app|unthrottle-app=&lt;name&gt;] [--throttle-app-ratio=&lt;float, range [0..1]&gt;] [--throttle-app-duration=&lt;duration&gt;] &lt;keyspace&gt;</pre>
 
 #### Examples
 
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Update tablet throttler configuration for all tablets of a given keyspace.
 
 ```UpdateThrottlerConfig -- --throttle-app="vreplication" --throttle-app-ratio=0.5 --throttle-app-duration="30m" commerce```
 
+```UpdateThrottlerConfig -- --unthrottle-app="vreplication" commerce```
+
 
 #### Flags
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctldclient/vtctldclient_UpdateThrottlerConfig.md b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctldclient/vtctldclient_UpdateThrottlerConfig.md
index dc8e6974c..9c56e516c 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctldclient/vtctldclient_UpdateThrottlerConfig.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/18.0/reference/programs/vtctldclient/vtctldclient_UpdateThrottlerConfig.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ series: vtctldclient
 Update the tablet throttler configuration for all tablets in the given keyspace (across all cells)
 
 ```
-vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig [--enable|--disable] [--threshold=<float64>] [--custom-query=<query>] [--check-as-check-self|--check-as-check-shard] [--throttle-app=<name>] [--throttle-app-ratio=<float, range [0..1]>] [--throttle-app-duration=<duration>] <keyspace>
+vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig [--enable|--disable] [--threshold=<float64>] [--custom-query=<query>] [--check-as-check-self|--check-as-check-shard] [--throttle-app|unthrottle-app=<name>] [--throttle-app-ratio=<float, range [0..1]>] [--throttle-app-duration=<duration>] <keyspace>
 ```
 
 ### Options
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ vtctldclient UpdateThrottlerConfig [--enable|--disable] [--threshold=<float64>]
       --throttle-app string              an app name to throttle
       --throttle-app-duration duration   duration after which throttled app rule expires (app specififed in --throttled-app) (default 1h0m0s)
       --throttle-app-ratio float         ratio to throttle app (app specififed in --throttled-app) (default 1)
+      --unthrottle-app string            expire any throttling rule for the given app
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands