diff --git a/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml b/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml
index 076e348f30801..75a0d3b0df8ae 100644
--- a/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml
+++ b/docs/operator-manual/application.yaml
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ spec:
     kind: Deployment
     jsonPointers:
     - /spec/replicas
+  - kind: ConfigMap
+    jqPathExpressions:
+    - '.data["config.yaml"].auth'
   # for the specified managedFields managers
   - group: "*"
     kind: "*"