diff --git a/snmp/assets/configuration/spec.yaml b/snmp/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
index 1781d680e4be5..8db05bda96233 100644
--- a/snmp/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
+++ b/snmp/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ files:
           Example:
           interface_configs:
             - match_field: "name"  # (required) the field to match, can be `name` (interface name) or `index` (ifIndex)
-              match_value: "eth0"  # (required) the value to match
+              match_value: "eth0"  # (required, case sensitive) the value to match
               in_speed: 50         # (optional) inbound speed value in bits per sec, no value or 0 means no override
               out_speed: 25        # (optional) outbound speed value in bits per sec, no value or 0 means no override
               tags:                # (optional) interface level tags
diff --git a/snmp/datadog_checks/snmp/data/conf.yaml.example b/snmp/datadog_checks/snmp/data/conf.yaml.example
index 8aa8b4fec19ab..b3a2bedec9abd 100644
--- a/snmp/datadog_checks/snmp/data/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/snmp/datadog_checks/snmp/data/conf.yaml.example
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ instances:
     ## Example:
     ## interface_configs:
     ##   - match_field: "name"  # (required) the field to match, can be `name` (interface name) or `index` (ifIndex)
-    ##     match_value: "eth0"  # (required) the value to match
+    ##     match_value: "eth0"  # (required, case sensitive) the value to match
     ##     in_speed: 50         # (optional) inbound speed value in bits per sec, no value or 0 means no override
     ##     out_speed: 25        # (optional) outbound speed value in bits per sec, no value or 0 means no override
     ##     tags:                # (optional) interface level tags