diff --git a/docs/src/languages/ansible.md b/docs/src/languages/ansible.md
index 7b64fca055..16b6cef5ab 100644
--- a/docs/src/languages/ansible.md
+++ b/docs/src/languages/ansible.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Support for Ansible in Zed is provided via a community-maintained [Ansible exten
 
 ### File detection
 
-By default, to avoid mishandling non-Ansible YAML files, the Ansible Language is not associated with any file extensions by default. To change this behavior you can add a `"file_types"` section to the Zed settings inside your project (`.zed/settings.json`) or your Zed user settings (`~/.config/zed/settings.json`) to match your folder/naming conventions. For example:
+To avoid mishandling non-Ansible YAML files, the Ansible Language is not associated with any file extensions by default. To change this behavior you can add a `"file_types"` section to Zed settings inside your project (`.zed/settings.json`) or your Zed user settings (`~/.config/zed/settings.json`) to match your folder/naming conventions. For example:
 
 ```json
 "file_types": {
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ By default, to avoid mishandling non-Ansible YAML files, the Ansible Language is
       "**/handlers/*.yaml",
       "**/group_vars/*.yml",
       "**/group_vars/*.yaml",
+      "**/host_vars/*.yml",
+      "**/host_vars/*.yaml",
       "**/playbooks/*.yml",
       "**/playbooks/*.yaml",
       "**playbook*.yml",
@@ -36,9 +38,66 @@ By default, to avoid mishandling non-Ansible YAML files, the Ansible Language is
 
 Feel free to modify this list as per your needs.
 
+#### Inventory
+
+If your inventory file is in the YAML format, you can either:
+
+- Append the `ansible-lint` inventory json schema to it via the following comment at the top of your inventory file:
+
+```yml
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible-lint/main/src/ansiblelint/schemas/inventory.json
+```
+
+- Or configure the yaml language server settings to set this schema for all your inventory files, that match your inventory pattern, under your Zed settings ([ref](https://zed.dev/docs/languages/yaml)):
+
+```json
+"lsp": {
+    "yaml-language-server": {
+      "settings": {
+        "yaml": {
+          "schemas": {
+            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible-lint/main/src/ansiblelint/schemas/inventory.json": [
+              "./inventory/*.yaml",
+              "hosts.yml",
+            ]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+},
+```
+
 ### LSP Configuration
 
-LSP options for this extension can be configured under Zed's settings file. To get the best experience, add the following configuration under the `"lsp"` section in your `~/.zed/settings.json`:
+By default, the following default config is passed to the Ansible language server. It conveniently mirrors the defaults set by [nvim-lspconfig](https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/03bc581e05e81d33808b42b2d7e76d70adb3b595/lua/lspconfig/configs/ansiblels.lua) for the Ansible language server:
+
+```json
+{
+  "ansible": {
+    "ansible": {
+      "path": "ansible"
+    },
+    "executionEnvironment": {
+      "enabled": false
+    },
+    "python": {
+      "interpreterPath": "python3"
+    },
+    "validation": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "lint": {
+        "enabled": true,
+        "path": "ansible-lint"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> In order for linting to work, ensure that `ansible-lint` is installed and discoverable on your PATH
+
+When desired, any of the above default settings can be overridden under the `"lsp"` section of your Zed settings file. For example:
 
 ```json
 "lsp": {
@@ -56,10 +115,9 @@ LSP options for this extension can be configured under Zed's settings file. To g
         "interpreterPath": "python3"
       },
       "validation": {
-        "enabled": true,
-        // To enable linting, manually install ansible-lint and make sure it is your PATH
+        "enabled": false, // disable validation
         "lint": {
-          "enabled": true,
+          "enabled": false, // disable ansible-lint
           "path": "ansible-lint"
         }
       }
@@ -68,7 +126,5 @@ LSP options for this extension can be configured under Zed's settings file. To g
 }
 ```
 
-This config was conveniently adopted from [nvim-lspconfig](https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig/blob/ad32182cc4a03c8826a64e9ced68046c575fdb7d/lua/lspconfig/server_configurations/ansiblels.lua#L6-L23).
-
 A full list of options/settings, that can be passed to the server, can be found at the project's page [here](https://github.com/ansible/vscode-ansible/blob/5a89836d66d470fb9d20e7ea8aa2af96f12f61fb/docs/als/settings.md).
 Feel free to modify option values as needed.