From a5993f9d887bfc386493abb3ace1b84a2ecce8d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kburym <57193032+kburym@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:45:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that DO_NOT_TRACK only disables telemetry for 1 or
 true

---
 content/github-cli/github-cli/github-cli-telemetry.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/github-cli/github-cli/github-cli-telemetry.md b/content/github-cli/github-cli/github-cli-telemetry.md
index 1614eacce650..3a74e3417836 100644
--- a/content/github-cli/github-cli/github-cli-telemetry.md
+++ b/content/github-cli/github-cli/github-cli-telemetry.md
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ You can opt out of the telemetry you see in the `log` mode described above using
 export GH_TELEMETRY=false
 ```
 
-Any falsy value works: `0`, `false`, `disabled`, or an empty string. You can also use the `DO_NOT_TRACK` convention:
+Any falsy value works: `0`, `false`, `disabled`, or an empty string. You can also use the `DO_NOT_TRACK` convention. Only the values `1` and `true` (case-insensitive) disable telemetry with `DO_NOT_TRACK`; other values are ignored:
 
 ```shell
 export DO_NOT_TRACK=true