diff --git a/content/docs/2.8/scalers/prometheus.md b/content/docs/2.8/scalers/prometheus.md
index 94b1dd597dc..453888d1415 100644
--- a/content/docs/2.8/scalers/prometheus.md
+++ b/content/docs/2.8/scalers/prometheus.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ triggers:
     metricName: http_requests_total # Note: name to identify the metric, generated value would be `prometheus-http_requests_total`
     query: sum(rate(http_requests_total{deployment="my-deployment"}[2m])) # Note: query must return a vector/scalar single element response
     threshold: '100.50'
+    activationThreshold: '5.5'
     # Optional fields:
     namespace: example-namespace  # for namespaced queries, eg. Thanos
     cortexOrgId: my-org # Optional. X-Scope-OrgID header for Cortex.
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ triggers:
 - `metricName` - Name to identify the Metric in the external.metrics.k8s.io API. If using more than one trigger it is required that all `metricName`(s) be unique.
 - `query` - Query to run.
 - `threshold` - Value to start scaling for. (This value can be a float)
+- `activationThreshold` - Target value for activating the scaler. Learn more about activation [here](./../concepts/scaling-deployments.md#activating-and-scaling-thresholds).(Default: `0`, Optional, This value can be a float)
 - `namespace` - A namespace that should be used for namespaced queries. These are required by some highly available Prometheus setups, such as [Thanos](https://thanos.io). (Optional)
 - `cortexOrgId` - The `X-Scope-OrgID` header to query multi tenant [Cortex](https://cortexmetrics.io/). (Optional)
 - `ignoreNullValues` - Value to reporting error when Prometheus target is lost (Values: `true`,`false`, Default: `true`, Optional)