diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
index 0e2800d94..af71493fe 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/README.md
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ Kubernetes: `>=1.20.0-0`
 | controller.affinity | object | `{}` | Affinity and anti-affinity rules for server scheduling to nodes # Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/assign-pod-node/#affinity-and-anti-affinity # |
 | controller.allowSnippetAnnotations | bool | `true` | This configuration defines if Ingress Controller should allow users to set their own *-snippet annotations, otherwise this is forbidden / dropped when users add those annotations. Global snippets in ConfigMap are still respected |
 | controller.annotations | object | `{}` | Annotations to be added to the controller Deployment or DaemonSet # |
+| controller.autoscaling.annotations | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.autoscaling.apiVersion | string | `"autoscaling/v2"` |  |
 | controller.autoscaling.behavior | object | `{}` |  |
 | controller.autoscaling.enabled | bool | `false` |  |
diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index 161f974fe..b7089addb 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ controller:
   autoscaling:
     apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
     enabled: false
+    annotations: {}
     minReplicas: 1
     maxReplicas: 11
     targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 50