diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/finalize_part1.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/finalize_part1.adoc
index 2dae4c7e..96904b36 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/finalize_part1.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/finalize_part1.adoc
@@ -109,3 +109,33 @@ oc whoami # should output system:serviceaccount:appuio-emergency-credentials-con
 ----
 kubectl -n openshift-config patch cm admin-kubeconfig-client-ca --type=merge -p '{"data": {"ca-bundle.crt": ""}}'
 ----
+
+=== Enable Opsgenie alerting
+
+. Create the standard silence for alerts that don't have the `syn` label
++
+[source,bash]
+----
+oc --as cluster-admin -n openshift-monitoring create job --from=cronjob/silence silence-manual
+oc wait -n openshift-monitoring --for=condition=complete job/silence-manual
+oc --as cluster-admin -n openshift-monitoring delete job/silence-manual
+----
+
+. Check the remaining active alerts and address them where neccessary
++
+[source,bash]
+----
+kubectl --as=cluster-admin -n openshift-monitoring exec sts/alertmanager-main -- \
+    amtool --alertmanager.url=http://localhost:9093 alert --active
+----
+
+. Remove the "no-opsgenie" class from the cluster's configuration
++
+[source,bash]
+----
+pushd "inventory/classes/${TENANT_ID}/"
+yq eval -i 'del(.classes[] | select(. == "*.no-opsgenie"))' ${CLUSTER_ID}.yml
+git commit -a -m "Enable opsgenie alerting on cluster ${CLUSTER_ID}"
+git push
+popd
+----
diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/prepare-syn-config.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/prepare-syn-config.adoc
index bc73db0d..5a45a509 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/prepare-syn-config.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/partials/install/prepare-syn-config.adoc
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ if ls openshift4.y*ml 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 fi
 ----
 
+. Include no-opsgenie class to prevent monitoring noise during cluster setup
++
+[source,bash]
+----
+yq eval -i '.classes += "global.distribution.openshift4.no-opsgenie"' ${CLUSTER_ID}.yml;
+----
+
 . Update cluster config
 +
 [source,bash,subs="attributes+"]