diff --git a/obp-api/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template b/obp-api/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template
index cf0b211c9..e2441682f 100644
--- a/obp-api/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template
+++ b/obp-api/src/main/resources/props/sample.props.template
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ connector=mapped
 ## So if you want the new endpoints shown timely, set this value to a small number.
 resourceDocsObp.cache.ttl.seconds=3600
 
+## This can change the behavior of  `Get Resource Docs`. If we set it to `true`, OBP will check the authentication and CanReadResourceDoc Role
+# the default value is false, so the `Get Resource Docs` is anonymous as default. 
+resource_docs_require_role=false
+
+
 ## enable logging all the database queries in log file
 #logging.database.queries.enable=true
 
diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
index 8b8819e81..2b497b12c 100644
--- a/release_notes.md
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ### Most recent changes at top of file
 ```
 Date          Commit        Action 
+19/02/2020    3f04a7a0      Added props: resource_docs_require_role. default is false. If set it as `true`, then OBP will 
+                            check the authentication and CanReadResourceDoc Role for the endpoint: `Get Resource Docs`.
 21/11/2019    51f97330      Added props: portal_hostname. default use the same value as hostname. This props is only useful when we split obp to
                             two instances: apis and portal. So portal one need its own hostname, portal_hostname can be used for it.  
 18/11/2019    de4aec71      Added props: grpc.server.enabled. default is false.