diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/consul/templates/_helpers.tpl
index da4d747e96..69f22e2d3f 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -589,8 +589,8 @@ Usage: {{ template "consul.validateDatadogConfiguration" . }}
 {{- if and .Values.global.metrics.datadog.enabled (or (not .Values.global.metrics.enableAgentMetrics) (not .Values.global.metrics.enabled) )}}
 {{fail "When enabling datadog metrics collection, the /v1/agent/metrics is required to be accessible, therefore global.metrics.enableAgentMetrics and global.metrics.enabled must be also be enabled."}}
 {{- end }}
-{{- if and .Values.global.metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled .Values.global.metrics.datadog.openMetricsPrometheus.enabled }}
-{{fail "You must have one of DogStatsD (global.metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled) or OpenMetrics (global.metrics.datadog.openMetricsPrometheus.enabled) enabled, not both as this is an unsupported configuration." }}
+{{- if and .Values.global.metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled .Values.global.metrics.datadog.otlp.enabled }}
+{{fail "You must have one of DogStatsD (global.metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled) or OpenMetrics (global.metrics.datadog.otlp.enabled) enabled, not both as this is an unsupported configuration." }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if and .Values.global.metrics.datadog.otlp.enabled (not .Values.telemetryCollector.enabled) }}
 {{fail "Cannot enable Datadog OTLP metrics collection (global.metrics.datadog.otlp.enabled) without consul-telemetry-collector. Ensure Consul OTLP collection is enabled (telemetryCollector.enabled) and configured." }}
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
index dc63ecf13f..ef95b850d0 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
@@ -1023,6 +1023,27 @@ load _helpers
 
 }
 
+@test "server/StatefulSet: consul metrics exclusion annotation when using metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled=true" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local annotations=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/server-statefulset.yaml \
+      --set 'global.image=hashicorp/consul-enterprise:1.17.0-ent' \
+      --set 'global.metrics.enabled=true'  \
+      --set 'global.metrics.enableAgentMetrics=true'  \
+      --set 'global.metrics.datadog.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'global.metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq -r '.spec.template.metadata.annotations' | tee /dev/stderr)
+
+  local actual=$( echo "$annotations" | \
+    yq -r '."ad.datadoghq.com/consul.checks"' | tee /dev/stderr )
+  [ -n "${actual}" ]
+
+  local actual=$( echo "$annotations" | \
+    yq -r '."ad.datadoghq.com/consul.metrics_exclude"' | tee /dev/stderr )
+  [ "${actual}" = "true" ]
+}
+
 
 @test "server/StatefulSet: datadog unified tagging labels get added when global.metrics.datadog.enabled=true" {
   cd `chart_dir`
diff --git a/charts/consul/values.yaml b/charts/consul/values.yaml
index a9c50b822c..360c9434ba 100644
--- a/charts/consul/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/values.yaml
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ global:
       #     - `/v1/coordinate/datacenters`
       #     - `/v1/coordinate/nodes`
       #
-      # Setting either `global.metrics.datadogIntegration.openMetricsPrometheus.enabled=true` or `global.metrics.datadogIntegration.dogstatsd.enabled=true` disables the above checks
+      # Setting either `global.metrics.datadog.otlp.enabled=true` or `global.metrics.datadog.dogstatsd.enabled=true` disables the above checks
       # in lieu of metrics data collection via DogStatsD or by a customer OpenMetrics (Prometheus) collection endpoint.
       #
       # ~> **Note:** If you have a [dogstatsd_mapper_profile](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/consul/?tab=host#dogstatsd) configured for Consul