diff --git a/src/ert/shared/_doc_utils/ert_jobs.py b/src/ert/shared/_doc_utils/ert_jobs.py
index efff2b7096b..37bd37c5fc5 100644
--- a/src/ert/shared/_doc_utils/ert_jobs.py
+++ b/src/ert/shared/_doc_utils/ert_jobs.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def __init__(
         category: str,
         job_source: str,
         description: str,
-        job_config_file: str,
+        job_config_file: Optional[str],
         parser: Optional[Callable[[], ArgumentParser]],
         examples: Optional[str] = "",
     ) -> None:
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ def _create_job_config_section(self) -> nodes.section:
             section_id=self.name + "-job-config", title="Job configuration used by ERT"
         )
 
-        with open(self.job_config_file, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
-            job_config_text = fh.read()
-        job_config_text_node = nodes.literal_block(text=job_config_text)
-        config_section_node.append(job_config_text_node)
+        if self.job_config_file:
+            with open(self.job_config_file, encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+                job_config_text = fh.read()
+            job_config_text_node = nodes.literal_block(text=job_config_text)
+            config_section_node.append(job_config_text_node)
+
         return config_section_node
 
     def _create_job_details(self) -> nodes.definition_list: