diff --git a/knative-serving/external-ingress-routing/configuring-service-routes.adoc b/knative-serving/external-ingress-routing/configuring-service-routes.adoc
index 1ed99dfb870c..095675aed88f 100644
--- a/knative-serving/external-ingress-routing/configuring-service-routes.adoc
+++ b/knative-serving/external-ingress-routing/configuring-service-routes.adoc
@@ -12,4 +12,9 @@ If you want to configure a Knative service to use your TLS certificate on {ocp-p
 When you complete the following procedure, the default {ocp-product-title} route in the `knative-serving-ingress` namespace is not created. However, the Knative route for the application is still created in this namespace.
 ====
 
-include::modules/serverless-openshift-routes.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
\ No newline at end of file
+include::modules/serverless-openshift-routes.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+You can also set the default timeout value for auto-generated {ocp-product-title} routes. See xref:../../config-applications/modules/configuring-default-route-timeouts-globally.adoc[Configuring the default route timeouts].
+====
diff --git a/modules/configuring-default-route-timeouts-globally.adoc b/modules/configuring-default-route-timeouts-globally.adoc
index 7846d4ba6e7b..0d2916e6c35b 100644
--- a/modules/configuring-default-route-timeouts-globally.adoc
+++ b/modules/configuring-default-route-timeouts-globally.adoc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ You can configure the route timeouts globally by updating the `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIM
 
 .Procedure
 
-. Set the value of `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` in your subscription to your required timeout in seconds by running the following command:
+. Set the value of `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` in your subscription to your required timeout in seconds by running the following command. Note that this causes pods to be redeployed in the `openshift-serverless` namespace.
 +
 .Setting the `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` value to 900 seconds
 [source,terminal]
@@ -20,7 +20,25 @@ You can configure the route timeouts globally by updating the `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIM
 $ oc patch subscription.operators.coreos.com serverless-operator -n openshift-serverless --type='merge' -p '{"spec": {"config": {"env": [{"name": "ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT", "value": "900"}]}}}'
 ----
 +
-The `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT`  environment variable is managed by the Serverless Operator and by default is set to `600`. Set the value of `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` in your subscription to your required timeout in seconds by running the following command. Note that this causes pods to be redeployed in the `openshift-serverless` namespace.
+Alternatively, you can set the value of `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` in your subscription directly:
++
+.A subscription definition with `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` set to 900 seconds
+[source,yaml]
+----
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: Subscription
+metadata:
+#...
+spec:
+  channel: stable
+  config:
+    env:
+      - name: ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT
+        value: '900'
+#...
+----
++
+The `ROUTE_HAPROXY_TIMEOUT` environment variable is managed by the Serverless Operator and by default is set to `600`.
 +
 [NOTE]
 ====