diff --git a/docs/administration.rst b/docs/administration.rst
index ed1bf262..3c0ca457 100644
--- a/docs/administration.rst
+++ b/docs/administration.rst
@@ -518,6 +518,21 @@ For more information about how to use social logins, see: `Satellizer <https://g
             GOOGLE_SECRET = "somethingsecret"
 
 
+Metric Providers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If you are not using a metric provider you do not need to configure any of these options.
+
+.. data:: ACTIVE_PROVIDERS
+    :noindex:
+
+        A list of metric plugins slugs to be ativated.
+
+        ::
+
+            METRIC_PROVIDERS = ['atlas-metric']
+
+
 Plugin Specific Options
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/lemur/manage.py b/lemur/manage.py
index 308e6c30..5129514c 100755
--- a/lemur/manage.py
+++ b/lemur/manage.py
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ LEMUR_DEFAULT_ORGANIZATIONAL_UNIT = ''
 # Authentication Providers
 ACTIVE_PROVIDERS = []
 
+# Metrics Providers
+METRIC_PROVIDERS = []
+
 # Logging
 
 LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG"