diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index b4e200f95..cf055ab29 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -934,10 +934,11 @@ for display in the web interface.
 
     !!! note
 
-        The **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI) always produces a searchable
-        PDF and stores it as the archive copy, regardless of this setting.
-        `ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION=never` has no effect when the remote
-        parser handles a document.
+        The **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI) also honors this setting: when
+        no archive is requested (`never`, or `auto` with a born-digital PDF),
+        the remote engine is skipped entirely and locally-extracted text is
+        used instead, avoiding an unnecessary API call and a duplicate text
+        layer.
 
 #### [`PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN=<mode>`](#PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN) {#PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN}
 
diff --git a/docs/migration-v3.md b/docs/migration-v3.md
index 6b8dec659..a318193ef 100644
--- a/docs/migration-v3.md
+++ b/docs/migration-v3.md
@@ -187,10 +187,11 @@ PAPERLESS_ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION=auto
 
 ### Remote OCR parser
 
-If you use the **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI), note that it always produces a
-searchable PDF and stores it as the archive copy. `ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION=never`
-has no effect for documents handled by the remote parser — the archive is produced
-unconditionally by the remote engine.
+If you use the **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI), `ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION` is
+honored the same way as for the local engine: when no archive is requested
+(`never`, or `auto` with a born-digital PDF), the remote engine is skipped
+entirely and locally-extracted text is used instead, avoiding an unnecessary
+API call and a duplicate text layer.
 
 ## Search Index (Whoosh -> Tantivy)