diff --git a/docs/spec/v1beta1/imagerepositories.md b/docs/spec/v1beta1/imagerepositories.md
index 71c3d339..175b6017 100644
--- a/docs/spec/v1beta1/imagerepositories.md
+++ b/docs/spec/v1beta1/imagerepositories.md
@@ -82,23 +82,12 @@ the controller retrieving credentials automatically.
 The `image-reflector-controller` must be run with the flag `--aws-autologin-for-ecr` set for this to work.
 
 This flag can be added by including a patch in the `kustomization.yaml` overlay file in your `flux-system`,
-similar to the process described in [customize Flux manifests][]:
+as described in [Using Native AWS ECR Auto-Login][]. If there is no need for a security boundary on your
+cluster around container registries and you are not using Flux with so-called "soft multi-tenancy", then
+you will likely prefer to use the Auto-Login feature for the convenience and improved ease of use.
 
-```
-patches:
-  - target:
-      version: v1
-      group: apps
-      kind: Deployment
-      name: image-reflector-controller
-      namespace: flux-system
-    patch: |-
-      - op: add
-        path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/args/-
-        value: --aws-autologin-for-ecr
-```
-
-Alternatively, the advice under [Other platforms][other platforms] below will also work for ECR.
+Alternatively, the advice to use a cron job to refresh a secret token under [Other platforms][other platforms]
+below will also work with ECR for any environment that requires security boundaries and soft multi-tenancy.
 
 #### Other platforms
 
@@ -280,7 +269,7 @@ and reference it under `secretRef`.
 [sops-guide]: https://toolkit.fluxcd.io/guides/mozilla-sops/
 [EKS]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/what-is-eks.html
 [ECR]: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/what-is-ecr.html
-[customize Flux manifests]: https://fluxcd.io/docs/installation/#customize-flux-manifests
+[Using Native AWS ECR Auto-Login]: https://fluxcd.io/docs/guides/image-update/#using-native-aws-ecr-auto-login
 [other platforms]: https://fluxcd.io/docs/components/image/imagerepositories/#other-platforms
 [Flux v0.19.0]: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/tag/v0.19.0
 [image-reflector-controller v0.13.0]: https://github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#0130