diff --git a/cmd/mimir/config-descriptor.json b/cmd/mimir/config-descriptor.json
index e360766c19c..828be1530a7 100644
--- a/cmd/mimir/config-descriptor.json
+++ b/cmd/mimir/config-descriptor.json
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@
           "kind": "field",
           "name": "accept_native_histograms",
           "required": false,
-          "desc": "Flag to enable the ingestion of native histogram samples.",
+          "desc": "Enable ingestion of native histogram samples. If false, native histogram samples are ignored without an error.",
           "fieldValue": null,
           "fieldDefaultValue": false,
           "fieldFlag": "ingester.accept-native-histograms",
diff --git a/cmd/mimir/help-all.txt.tmpl b/cmd/mimir/help-all.txt.tmpl
index 467538220ce..d2a8b0acccc 100644
--- a/cmd/mimir/help-all.txt.tmpl
+++ b/cmd/mimir/help-all.txt.tmpl
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ Usage of ./cmd/mimir/mimir:
   -http.prometheus-http-prefix string
     	HTTP URL path under which the Prometheus api will be served. (default "/prometheus")
   -ingester.accept-native-histograms
-    	[experimental] Flag to enable the ingestion of native histogram samples.
+    	[experimental] Enable ingestion of native histogram samples. If false, native histogram samples are ignored without an error.
   -ingester.active-series-custom-trackers value
     	Additional active series metrics, matching the provided matchers. Matchers should be in form <name>:<matcher>, like 'foobar:{foo="bar"}'. Multiple matchers can be provided either providing the flag multiple times or providing multiple semicolon-separated values to a single flag.
   -ingester.active-series-metrics-enabled
diff --git a/docs/sources/mimir/reference-configuration-parameters/index.md b/docs/sources/mimir/reference-configuration-parameters/index.md
index 829203c31a0..f039b258496 100644
--- a/docs/sources/mimir/reference-configuration-parameters/index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/mimir/reference-configuration-parameters/index.md
@@ -2566,7 +2566,8 @@ The `limits` block configures default and per-tenant limits imposed by component
 # CLI flag: -ingester.max-global-exemplars-per-user
 [max_global_exemplars_per_user: <int> | default = 0]
 
-# (experimental) Flag to enable the ingestion of native histogram samples.
+# (experimental) Enable ingestion of native histogram samples. If false, native
+# histogram samples are ignored without an error.
 # CLI flag: -ingester.accept-native-histograms
 [accept_native_histograms: <boolean> | default = false]
 
diff --git a/pkg/ingester/ingester.go b/pkg/ingester/ingester.go
index 1c6b97d3bd5..3b7b4110d6c 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/ingester.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/ingester.go
@@ -1612,21 +1612,19 @@ func (i *Ingester) queryStreamSamples(ctx context.Context, db *userTSDB, from, t
 
 		it = series.Iterator(it)
 		for valType := it.Next(); valType != chunkenc.ValNone; valType = it.Next() {
-			if valType == chunkenc.ValFloat {
+			switch valType {
+			case chunkenc.ValFloat:
 				t, v := it.At()
-				ts.Samples = append(ts.Samples, mimirpb.Sample{
-					Value:       v,
-					TimestampMs: t,
-				})
-			} else if valType == chunkenc.ValHistogram {
+				ts.Samples = append(ts.Samples, mimirpb.Sample{Value: v, TimestampMs: t})
+			case chunkenc.ValHistogram:
 				// TODO when read path for native histograms is ready, return Histogram samples
 				// t, v := it.AtHistogram()
 				// ts.Histograms = append(ts.Histograms, mimirpb.FromHistogramToHistogramProto(t, v))
-			} else if valType == chunkenc.ValFloatHistogram {
+			case chunkenc.ValFloatHistogram:
 				// TODO when read path for native histograms is ready, return Histogram samples
 				// t, v := it.AtFloatHistogram()
 				// ts.Histograms = append(ts.Histograms, mimirpb.FromFloatHistogramToHistogramProto(t, v))
-			} else {
+			default:
 				return 0, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("unsupported value type: %v", valType)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/mimirpb/mimir.proto b/pkg/mimirpb/mimir.proto
index 79f0a7b762e..48fc1413dfa 100644
--- a/pkg/mimirpb/mimir.proto
+++ b/pkg/mimirpb/mimir.proto
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 // Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/blob/main/prompb/types.proto
 // Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
 // Provenance-includes-copyright: Prometheus Team.
-// Provenance-includes-location: https://github.com/prometheus/common/blob/main/model/value_histogram.go
-// Provenance-includes-license: Apache-2.0
-// Provenance-includes-copyright: The Prometheus Authors.
 
 syntax = "proto3";
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/validation/limits.go b/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
index 0c5edc9a77d..884d9c7c46d 100644
--- a/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
+++ b/pkg/util/validation/limits.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (l *Limits) RegisterFlags(f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	f.IntVar(&l.MaxGlobalExemplarsPerUser, "ingester.max-global-exemplars-per-user", 0, "The maximum number of exemplars in memory, across the cluster. 0 to disable exemplars ingestion.")
 	f.Var(&l.ActiveSeriesCustomTrackersConfig, "ingester.active-series-custom-trackers", "Additional active series metrics, matching the provided matchers. Matchers should be in form <name>:<matcher>, like 'foobar:{foo=\"bar\"}'. Multiple matchers can be provided either providing the flag multiple times or providing multiple semicolon-separated values to a single flag.")
 	f.Var(&l.OutOfOrderTimeWindow, "ingester.out-of-order-time-window", "Non-zero value enables out-of-order support for most recent samples that are within the time window in relation to the TSDB's maximum time, i.e., within [db.maxTime-timeWindow, db.maxTime]). The ingester will need more memory as a factor of rate of out-of-order samples being ingested and the number of series that are getting out-of-order samples. A lower TTL of 10 minutes will be set for the query cache entries that overlap with this window.")
-	f.BoolVar(&l.AcceptNativeHistograms, "ingester.accept-native-histograms", false, "Flag to enable the ingestion of native histogram samples.")
+	f.BoolVar(&l.AcceptNativeHistograms, "ingester.accept-native-histograms", false, "Enable ingestion of native histogram samples. If false, native histogram samples are ignored without an error.")
 
 	f.StringVar(&l.SeparateMetricsGroupLabel, "validation.separate-metrics-group-label", "", "Label used to define the group label for metrics separation. For each write request, the group is obtained from the first non-empty group label from the first timeseries in the incoming list of timeseries. Specific distributor and ingester metrics will be further separated adding a 'group' label with group label's value. Currently applies to the following metrics: cortex_discarded_samples_total")