diff --git a/docs/platforms/java/common/configuration/options.mdx b/docs/platforms/java/common/configuration/options.mdx index d20282875b98d5..b77952856ba91b 100644 --- a/docs/platforms/java/common/configuration/options.mdx +++ b/docs/platforms/java/common/configuration/options.mdx @@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ By default the SDK will try to read this value from the `SENTRY_RELEASE` environ -Sets the environment. This string is freeform and not set by default. A release can be associated with more than one environment to separate them in the UI (think `staging` vs `prod` or similar). +Sets the environment. This string is freeform and is set to `production` by default. A release can be associated with more than one environment to separate them in the UI (think `staging` vs `prod` or similar). -By default the SDK will try to read this value from the `SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT` environment variable (except for the browser SDK where this is not applicable). +By default, the SDK will try to read this value from the `SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT` environment variable (except for the browser SDK where this isn't applicable). If this value isn't set, it will use the default `production`.