diff --git a/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml b/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml
index d98a41c7194c5d542cba8ba53f12d6a8d4ac5b0e..c3ef914406819bbb40b44cf554be1e6221171ca0 100644
--- a/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml
+++ b/doc/.vale/gitlab/Uppercase.yml
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ exceptions:
   - SDK
   - SELF
   - SEO
+  - SES
   - SFTP
   - SHA
   - SKI
diff --git a/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md b/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md
index 7240aa82e2a3a8ca2dd6e1418881a2a31790ddcc..c433e7334b0fcbe19296114007ee17198678542d 100644
--- a/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md
+++ b/doc/administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ You can add a [custom hostname](../../subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md#br
 
 To add a custom hostname after your instance is created, submit a [support ticket](https://support.gitlab.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=4414917877650).
 
+### SMTP email service
+
+You can configure an [SMTP](../../subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md#smtp) email service for your GitLab Dedicated instance.
+
+To configure an SMTP email service, submit a [support ticket](https://support.gitlab.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=4414917877650) with the credentials and settings for your SMTP server.
+
 ### Inbound Private Link
 
 [AWS Private Link](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/what-is-privatelink.html) allows users and applications in your VPC on AWS to securely connect to the GitLab Dedicated endpoint without network traffic going over the public internet.
diff --git a/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md b/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md
index 686e1753e543c0f93a9bac49c3e5b2ae4507575d..45cb9a8aa6df11e6eee090de90d2cd019f69c623 100644
--- a/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md
+++ b/doc/subscriptions/gitlab_dedicated/index.md
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ During onboarding, you can specify an AWS KMS encryption key stored in your own
 
 Email sent from GitLab Dedicated uses [Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES)](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/). The connection to Amazon SES is encrypted.
 
+If you would rather send application email using an SMTP server instead of Amazon SES, you can [configure your own email service](../../administration/dedicated/configure_instance.md#smtp-email-service).
+
 ### Compliance
 
 #### Certifications