diff --git a/dev/update_config_docs.sh b/dev/update_config_docs.sh
index f39bdda3aee87..7ab998f3dad48 100755
--- a/dev/update_config_docs.sh
+++ b/dev/update_config_docs.sh
@@ -101,9 +101,24 @@ EOF
 echo "Running CLI and inserting config docs table"
 $PRINT_CONFIG_DOCS_COMMAND >> "$TARGET_FILE"
 
-echo "Inserting runtime config header"
+echo "Inserting reset command details and runtime config header"
 cat <<'EOF' >> "$TARGET_FILE"
 
+You can also reset configuration options to default settings via SQL using the `RESET` command. For
+example, to set and reset `datafusion.execution.batch_size`:
+
+```sql
+SET datafusion.execution.batch_size = '10000';
+
+SHOW datafusion.execution.batch_size;
+datafusion.execution.batch_size 10000
+
+RESET datafusion.execution.batch_size;
+
+SHOW datafusion.execution.batch_size;
+datafusion.execution.batch_size 8192
+```
+
 # Runtime Configuration Settings
 
 DataFusion runtime configurations can be set via SQL using the `SET` command.
diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md b/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md
index 95abb2769d287..69627e3cb9148 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/configs.md
@@ -197,6 +197,21 @@ The following configuration settings are available:
 | datafusion.format.duration_format                                       | pretty                    | Duration format. Can be either `"pretty"` or `"ISO8601"`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | datafusion.format.types_info                                            | false                     | Show types in visual representation batches                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 
+You can also reset configuration options to default settings via SQL using the `RESET` command. For
+example, to set and reset `datafusion.execution.batch_size`:
+
+```sql
+SET datafusion.execution.batch_size = '10000';
+
+SHOW datafusion.execution.batch_size;
+datafusion.execution.batch_size 10000
+
+RESET datafusion.execution.batch_size;
+
+SHOW datafusion.execution.batch_size;
+datafusion.execution.batch_size 8192
+```
+
 # Runtime Configuration Settings
 
 DataFusion runtime configurations can be set via SQL using the `SET` command.