diff --git a/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/configuration/symfony-options.mdx b/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/configuration/symfony-options.mdx
index e1cbe845eec96..fb8439f9a19b9 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/configuration/symfony-options.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/configuration/symfony-options.mdx
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ sentry:
         enabled: true
         dbal:
             enabled: true
+            ignore_prepare_spans: false
             connections:
                 - default
         twig:
diff --git a/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/tracing/instrumentation/automatic-instrumentation.mdx b/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/tracing/instrumentation/automatic-instrumentation.mdx
index 41ba91794e0aa..0170d2e596319 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/tracing/instrumentation/automatic-instrumentation.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/php/guides/symfony/tracing/instrumentation/automatic-instrumentation.mdx
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ sentry:
       enabled: false
 ```
 
+By default, Doctrine ORM prepares each SQL query before executing it. This leads to traces that contain both `db.sql.prepare` and `db.sql.execute` spans for the same query. Set `ignore_prepare_spans` to `true` to suppress the prepare spans and keep your traces more compact.
+
+```yaml {filename:config/packages/sentry.yaml}
+sentry:
+  tracing:
+    dbal: # DB queries
+      ignore_prepare_spans: true
+```
+
 ## Twig
 
 This integration adds distributed tracing for Twig template rendering using Sentry.