diff --git a/content/en/database_monitoring/setup_mysql/selfhosted.md b/content/en/database_monitoring/setup_mysql/selfhosted.md
index 8d6c85b8e2e..df6604fdd9b 100644
--- a/content/en/database_monitoring/setup_mysql/selfhosted.md
+++ b/content/en/database_monitoring/setup_mysql/selfhosted.md
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO datadog@'%';
 GRANT SELECT ON performance_schema.* TO datadog@'%';
 ```
 
+**Note**: For MariaDB, the Agent automatically detects and monitors all replication channels when no specific `replication_channel` is configured. Each channel is tagged with `channel:<connection_name>`.
+
 {{% /tab %}}
 {{% tab "MySQL 5.6" %}}