diff --git a/docs/BUILD b/docs/BUILD
index 8aacb315..bca5ebfb 100644
--- a/docs/BUILD
+++ b/docs/BUILD
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ proto_library(
         "//envoy/service/discovery/v2:ads",
         "//envoy/service/load_stats/v2:lrs",
         "//envoy/service/metrics/v2:metrics_service",
+        "//envoy/service/ratelimit/v2:rls",
         "//envoy/type:percent",
         "//envoy/type:range",
         "//envoy/type/matcher:metadata",
diff --git a/envoy/config/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto b/envoy/config/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto
index 3a0f5dbe..b84d530a 100644
--- a/envoy/config/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto
+++ b/envoy/config/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto
@@ -28,19 +28,5 @@ message RateLimitServiceConfig {
     envoy.api.v2.core.GrpcService grpc_service = 2;
   }
 
-  // Specifies if Envoy should use the data-plane-api client
-  // :repo:`api/envoy/service/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto` or the legacy
-  // client :repo:`source/common/ratelimit/ratelimit.proto` when
-  // making requests to the rate limit service.
-  //
-  // .. note::
-  //
-  //   The legacy client will be used by
-  //   default until the start of the 1.9.0 release cycle. At the start of the
-  //   1.9.0 release cycle this field will be removed and only the data-plane-api
-  //   proto will be supported. This means that your rate limit service needs to
-  //   have support for the data-plane-api proto by the start of the 1.9.0 release cycle.
-  //   Lyft's `reference implementation <https://github.com/lyft/ratelimit>`_
-  //   supports the data-plane-api version as of v1.1.0.
-  bool use_data_plane_proto = 3 [deprecated = true];
+  reserved 3;
 }
diff --git a/envoy/service/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto b/envoy/service/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto
index ebaf5435..6ebea2b4 100644
--- a/envoy/service/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto
+++ b/envoy/service/ratelimit/v2/rls.proto
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import "envoy/api/v2/ratelimit/ratelimit.proto";
 
 import "validate/validate.proto";
 
+// [#protodoc-title: Rate Limit Service (RLS)]
+
 service RateLimitService {
   // Determine whether rate limiting should take place.
   rpc ShouldRateLimit(RateLimitRequest) returns (RateLimitResponse) {
@@ -21,7 +23,6 @@ service RateLimitService {
 // are provided, the server will limit on *ALL* of them and return an OVER_LIMIT response if any
 // of them are over limit. This enables more complex application level rate limiting scenarios
 // if desired.
-// [#not-implemented-hide:] Hiding API for now.
 message RateLimitRequest {
   // All rate limit requests must specify a domain. This enables the configuration to be per
   // application without fear of overlap. E.g., "envoy".
@@ -38,25 +39,34 @@ message RateLimitRequest {
 }
 
 // A response from a ShouldRateLimit call.
-// [#not-implemented-hide:] Hiding API for now.
 message RateLimitResponse {
   enum Code {
+    // The response code is not known.
     UNKNOWN = 0;
+    // The response code to notify that the number of requests are under limit.
     OK = 1;
+    // The response code to notify that the number of requests are over limit.
     OVER_LIMIT = 2;
   }
 
   // Defines an actual rate limit in terms of requests per unit of time and the unit itself.
   message RateLimit {
     enum Unit {
+      // The time unit is not known.
       UNKNOWN = 0;
+      // The time unit representing a second.
       SECOND = 1;
+      // The time unit representing a minute.
       MINUTE = 2;
+      // The time unit representing an hour.
       HOUR = 3;
+      // The time unit representing a day.
       DAY = 4;
     }
 
+    // The number of requests per unit of time.
     uint32 requests_per_unit = 1;
+    // The unit of time.
     Unit unit = 2;
   }