diff --git a/values/rabbitmq/prod-secrets.example.yaml b/values/rabbitmq/prod-secrets.example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b4f19c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/values/rabbitmq/prod-secrets.example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+rabbitmq:
+  auth:
+    username: wire-server
+    password: verysecurepassword
diff --git a/values/rabbitmq/prod-values.example.yaml b/values/rabbitmq/prod-values.example.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b37bdd49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/values/rabbitmq/prod-values.example.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# More settings can be found here: https://github.com/bitnami/charts/tree/main/bitnami/rabbitmq
+rabbitmq:
+  persistence:
+    size: 10Gi
diff --git a/values/wire-server/prod-secrets.example.yaml b/values/wire-server/prod-secrets.example.yaml
index ad507b9b5..ee44586b8 100644
--- a/values/wire-server/prod-secrets.example.yaml
+++ b/values/wire-server/prod-secrets.example.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ brig:
     setNexmo: |-
       key: "dummy"
       secret: "dummy"
+    # Uncomment for federation. Set values accordingly
+
+    # rabbitmq:
+    #   username: wire-server
+    #   password: verysecurepassword
 
 cargohold:
   secrets:
@@ -63,13 +68,19 @@ nginz:
     # only necessary in test environments (env="staging"). See charts/nginz/README.md
     basicAuth: "<username>:<htpasswd-hashed-password>"
 
-# Uncomment for team-settings. Set values accordingly
-
 team-settings:
   secrets:
     # Required if you want to use team-settings
     configJson: "b64 string you got from us"
 
+# Uncomment for federation. Set values accordingly
+
+# background-worker:
+#   secrets:
+#     rabbitmq:
+#       username: wire-server
+#       password: verysecurepassword
+
 # Uncomment for legalhold. Set values accordingly
 
 # legalhold: