diff --git a/content/en/account_management/audit_trail/_index.md b/content/en/account_management/audit_trail/_index.md
index b1b92a2b456ba..d93dcc2c2c1f4 100644
--- a/content/en/account_management/audit_trail/_index.md
+++ b/content/en/account_management/audit_trail/_index.md
@@ -71,9 +71,11 @@ To enable archiving for Audit Trail, navigate to your [Organization Settings][3]
 
 ### Retention
 
-Retaining events is an optional feature for Audit Trail. Scroll down to *Retention* and click the *Retain Audit Trail Events* toggle to enable.
+Retaining events is an optional feature for Audit Trail. In the *Retention Period* section, click the *Change retention period*.
 
-The default retention period for an audit trail event is seven days. You can set a retention period between three and 90 days.
+When you enable Audit Trail, the default retention period for an audit trail event is 90 days. You can set the retention period to: 3, 7, 15, 30, or 90 days.
+
+When Audit Trail is disabled, the retention period is automatically set to seven days and events from the last seven days are retained.
 
 {{< img src="account_management/audit_logs/retention_period.png" alt="Audit Trail Retention setup in Datadog" style="width:80%;">}}
 
diff --git a/content/en/data_security/data_retention_periods.md b/content/en/data_security/data_retention_periods.md
index 3417c3edf84b0..316e341511300 100644
--- a/content/en/data_security/data_retention_periods.md
+++ b/content/en/data_security/data_retention_periods.md
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ attributes:
        - **Spans**: 90 days
   - product: Audit Trail
     data_type: |
-       - **Audit logs**: 90 days
+       - **Audit logs (Audit Trail enabled)**: 90 days
+       - **Audit logs (Audit Trail disabled)**: 7 days
   - product: Browser RUM
     data_type: |
        - **Events**: 30 days