diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt b/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
index dec8e9d9e8e7..876c2eab9367 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings-for-tenants.txt
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ sql.ttl.default_select_batch_size	integer	500	default amount of rows to select i
 sql.ttl.default_select_rate_limit	integer	0	default select rate limit (rows per second) per node for each TTL job. Use 0 to signify no rate limit.	application
 sql.ttl.job.enabled	boolean	true	whether the TTL job is enabled	application
 sql.txn.read_committed_isolation.enabled	boolean	true	set to true to allow transactions to use the READ COMMITTED isolation level if specified by BEGIN/SET commands	application
+sql.txn.repeatable_read_isolation.enabled (alias: sql.txn.snapshot_isolation.enabled)	boolean	false	set to true to allow transactions to use the REPEATABLE READ isolation level if specified by BEGIN/SET commands	application
 sql.txn_fingerprint_id_cache.capacity	integer	100	the maximum number of txn fingerprint IDs stored	application
 storage.ingestion.value_blocks.enabled	boolean	true	set to true to enable writing of value blocks in ingestion sstables	application
 storage.max_sync_duration	duration	20s	maximum duration for disk operations; any operations that take longer than this setting trigger a warning log entry or process crash	system-visible
diff --git a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
index 3a5bed5f3f1c..7e2213ed2160 100644
--- a/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
+++ b/docs/generated/settings/settings.html
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@
 <tr><td><div id="setting-sql-ttl-default-select-rate-limit" class="anchored"><code>sql.ttl.default_select_rate_limit</code></div></td><td>integer</td><td><code>0</code></td><td>default select rate limit (rows per second) per node for each TTL job. Use 0 to signify no rate limit.</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-sql-ttl-job-enabled" class="anchored"><code>sql.ttl.job.enabled</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>whether the TTL job is enabled</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-sql-txn-read-committed-isolation-enabled" class="anchored"><code>sql.txn.read_committed_isolation.enabled</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>set to true to allow transactions to use the READ COMMITTED isolation level if specified by BEGIN/SET commands</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
+<tr><td><div id="setting-sql-txn-snapshot-isolation-enabled" class="anchored"><code>sql.txn.repeatable_read_isolation.enabled<br />(alias: sql.txn.snapshot_isolation.enabled)</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>false</code></td><td>set to true to allow transactions to use the REPEATABLE READ isolation level if specified by BEGIN/SET commands</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-sql-txn-fingerprint-id-cache-capacity" class="anchored"><code>sql.txn_fingerprint_id_cache.capacity</code></div></td><td>integer</td><td><code>100</code></td><td>the maximum number of txn fingerprint IDs stored</td><td>Serverless/Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-storage-experimental-eventually-file-only-snapshots-enabled" class="anchored"><code>storage.experimental.eventually_file_only_snapshots.enabled</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>set to false to disable eventually-file-only-snapshots (kv.snapshot_receiver.excise.enabled must also be false)</td><td>Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
 <tr><td><div id="setting-storage-ingest-split-enabled" class="anchored"><code>storage.ingest_split.enabled</code></div></td><td>boolean</td><td><code>true</code></td><td>set to false to disable ingest-time splitting that lowers write-amplification</td><td>Dedicated/Self-Hosted</td></tr>
diff --git a/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go b/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go
index 89851dbdcd15..4ced0cd218aa 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/conn_executor.go
@@ -3533,10 +3533,10 @@ var allowRepeatableReadIsolation = settings.RegisterBoolSetting(
 	settings.ApplicationLevel,
 	"sql.txn.snapshot_isolation.enabled",
 	"set to true to allow transactions to use the REPEATABLE READ isolation "+
-		"level. At the time of writing, this setting is intended only for usage by "+
-		"CockroachDB developers.",
+		"level if specified by BEGIN/SET commands",
 	false,
 	settings.WithName("sql.txn.repeatable_read_isolation.enabled"),
+	settings.WithPublic,
 )
 
 var logIsolationLevelLimiter = log.Every(10 * time.Second)