diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment.go
index 9229df5a433..3d028efbaec 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment.go
@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 type commenter struct {
-	templateDashboard  *template.Template
-	templateTable      *template.Template
-	templateRenderInfo *template.Template
+	templateDashboard     *template.Template
+	templateTable         *template.Template
+	templateRenderInfo    *template.Template
+	showImageRendererNote bool
 }
 
-func NewCommenter() Commenter {
+func NewCommenter(showImageRendererNote bool) Commenter {
 	return &commenter{
-		templateDashboard:  template.Must(template.New("dashboard").Parse(commentTemplateSingleDashboard)),
-		templateTable:      template.Must(template.New("table").Parse(commentTemplateTable)),
-		templateRenderInfo: template.Must(template.New("setup").Parse(commentTemplateMissingImageRenderer)),
+		templateDashboard:     template.Must(template.New("dashboard").Parse(commentTemplateSingleDashboard)),
+		templateTable:         template.Must(template.New("table").Parse(commentTemplateTable)),
+		templateRenderInfo:    template.Must(template.New("setup").Parse(commentTemplateMissingImageRenderer)),
+		showImageRendererNote: showImageRendererNote,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ func (c *commenter) generateComment(_ context.Context, info changeInfo) (string,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if info.MissingImageRenderer {
+	if info.MissingImageRenderer && c.showImageRendererNote {
 		if err := c.templateRenderInfo.Execute(&buf, info); err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("unable to execute template: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -101,9 +103,8 @@ and {{ .SkippedFiles }} more files.
 {{ end}}
 `
 
-// TODO: this should expand and show links to setup docs
 const commentTemplateMissingImageRenderer = `
-NOTE: The image renderer is not configured
+NOTE: To enable dashboard previews in pull requests, refer to the [image rendering setup documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/observability-as-code/provision-resources/git-sync-setup/#configure-webhooks-and-image-rendering).
 `
 
 // TODO: does this have some value?
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment_test.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment_test.go
index afcdb945a8c..7339b75710f 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/comment_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func TestCommenter_Comment_FailedToComment(t *testing.T) {
 	repo := NewMockPullRequestRepo(t)
 	repo.On("CommentPullRequest", context.Background(), 1, mock.Anything).Return(errors.New("failed"))
 
-	commenter := NewCommenter()
+	commenter := NewCommenter(false)
 	err := commenter.Comment(context.Background(), repo, 1, changeInfo{})
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
@@ -138,9 +138,78 @@ func TestGenerateComment(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			repo.On("CommentPullRequest", context.Background(), 1, string(expect)).Return(nil)
 
-			commenter := NewCommenter()
+			commenter := NewCommenter(false)
 			err = commenter.Comment(context.Background(), repo, 1, tc.Input)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCommenter_ShowImageRendererNote(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("note appears when showImageRendererNote is true", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewMockPullRequestRepo(t)
+		info := changeInfo{
+			GrafanaBaseURL: "http://host/",
+			Changes: []fileChangeInfo{
+				{
+					Parsed: &resources.ParsedResource{
+						Info: &repository.FileInfo{
+							Path: "file.json",
+						},
+						Action: v0alpha1.ResourceActionUpdate,
+						GVK:    schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Dashboard"},
+					},
+					Title:      "Existing Dashboard",
+					GrafanaURL: "http://grafana/d/uid",
+					PreviewURL: "http://grafana/admin/preview",
+				},
+			},
+			MissingImageRenderer: true,
+		}
+
+		var capturedComment string
+		repo.On("CommentPullRequest", context.Background(), 1, mock.MatchedBy(func(comment string) bool {
+			capturedComment = comment
+			return true
+		})).Return(nil)
+
+		commenter := NewCommenter(true)
+		err := commenter.Comment(context.Background(), repo, 1, info)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Contains(t, capturedComment, "NOTE: To enable dashboard previews")
+		require.Contains(t, capturedComment, "https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/observability-as-code/provision-resources/git-sync-setup/#configure-webhooks-and-image-rendering")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("note does not appear when showImageRendererNote is false", func(t *testing.T) {
+		repo := NewMockPullRequestRepo(t)
+		info := changeInfo{
+			GrafanaBaseURL: "http://host/",
+			Changes: []fileChangeInfo{
+				{
+					Parsed: &resources.ParsedResource{
+						Info: &repository.FileInfo{
+							Path: "file.json",
+						},
+						Action: v0alpha1.ResourceActionUpdate,
+						GVK:    schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Dashboard"},
+					},
+					Title:      "Existing Dashboard",
+					GrafanaURL: "http://grafana/d/uid",
+					PreviewURL: "http://grafana/admin/preview",
+				},
+			},
+			MissingImageRenderer: true,
+		}
+
+		var capturedComment string
+		repo.On("CommentPullRequest", context.Background(), 1, mock.MatchedBy(func(comment string) bool {
+			capturedComment = comment
+			return true
+		})).Return(nil)
+
+		commenter := NewCommenter(false)
+		err := commenter.Comment(context.Background(), repo, 1, info)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.NotContains(t, capturedComment, "NOTE: To enable dashboard previews")
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/testdata/update-dashboard-missing-renderer.md b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/testdata/update-dashboard-missing-renderer.md
index 79d31c86cee..1f48d70c931 100755
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/testdata/update-dashboard-missing-renderer.md
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/testdata/update-dashboard-missing-renderer.md
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@ Hey there! 🎉
 Grafana spotted some changes to your dashboard.
 
 
-See the [original](http://grafana/d/uid) and [preview](http://grafana/admin/preview) of file.json.
-
-NOTE: The image renderer is not configured
\ No newline at end of file
+See the [original](http://grafana/d/uid) and [preview](http://grafana/admin/preview) of file.json.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/worker.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/worker.go
index 9e15e63ab12..a39d63ad259 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/worker.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/pullrequest/worker.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func ProvidePullRequestWorker(
 	parsers := resources.NewParserFactory(clients)
 	screenshotRenderer := NewScreenshotRenderer(renderer, blobstore)
 	evaluator := NewEvaluator(screenshotRenderer, parsers, urlProvider, registry)
-	commenter := NewCommenter()
+	commenter := NewCommenter(cfg.ProvisioningAllowImageRendering)
 
 	return NewPullRequestWorker(evaluator, commenter, registry)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/register.go
index e19eaff18de..bfda4a67da4 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/webhooks/register.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func ProvideWebhooksWithImages(
 			)
 
 			evaluator := pullrequest.NewEvaluator(screenshotRenderer, parsers, urlProvider, registry)
-			commenter := pullrequest.NewCommenter()
+			commenter := pullrequest.NewCommenter(cfg.ProvisioningAllowImageRendering)
 			pullRequestWorker := pullrequest.NewPullRequestWorker(evaluator, commenter, registry)
 
 			return NewWebhookExtraWithImages(