diff --git a/communication/slack-config/sig-docs/docs-channels.yaml b/communication/slack-config/sig-docs/docs-channels.yaml
index b49b5798f2c..885508dc4f5 100755
--- a/communication/slack-config/sig-docs/docs-channels.yaml
+++ b/communication/slack-config/sig-docs/docs-channels.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ channels:
   - name: kubernetes-docs-pl
   - name: kubernetes-docs-uk
   - name: sig-docs
+  - name: sig-docs-automation
   - name: sig-docs-blog
   - name: sig-docs-dockershim
     archived: true