diff --git a/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/sidecar-injection/index.md b/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/sidecar-injection/index.md
index ed97e25a06..601628ccc8 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/sidecar-injection/index.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/setup/additional-setup/sidecar-injection/index.md
@@ -11,38 +11,31 @@ aliases:
 
 ## Injection
 
-Each pod in the mesh must be running an Istio compatible sidecar.
+In order to take advantage of all of Istio's features, pods in the mesh must be running an Istio sidecar proxy.
 
 The following sections describe two
 ways of injecting the Istio sidecar into a pod: manually using the `istioctl`
 CLI tool or automatically using the Istio sidecar injector.
 
-Manual injection modifies the controller configuration, e.g. deployment. It
-does this by modifying the pod template spec such that *all* pods for that
-deployment are created with the injected sidecar. Adding/Updating/Removing
-the sidecar requires modifying the entire deployment.
+Manual injection directly modifies configuration, like deployments, and injects the proxy configuration into it.
 
-Automatic injection injects at pod creation time. The controller resource is
-unmodified. Sidecars can be updated selectively by manually deleting a pods or
-systematically with a deployment rolling update.
+Automatic injection injects at pod creation time using an admission controller.
 
-Manual and automatic injection both use the configuration from the
-`istio-sidecar-injector` and `istio` ConfigMaps in the `istio-system`
-namespace.  Manual injection can also optionally load configuration
-from local files.
+Injection occurs by applying a template defined in the `istio-sidecar-injector` ConfigMap.
 
 ### Manual sidecar injection
 
-Inject the sidecar into the deployment using the in-cluster configuration.
+To manually inject a deployment, use `istioctl`:
 
 {{< text bash >}}
 $ istioctl kube-inject -f @samples/sleep/sleep.yaml@ | kubectl apply -f -
 {{< /text >}}
 
-Alternatively, inject using local copies of the configuration.
+By default, this will use the in-cluster configuration. Alternatively, injection can be done using local copies of the configuration.
 
 {{< text bash >}}
 $ kubectl -n istio-system get configmap istio-sidecar-injector -o=jsonpath='{.data.config}' > inject-config.yaml
+$ kubectl -n istio-system get configmap istio-sidecar-injector -o=jsonpath='{.data.values}' > inject-values.yaml
 $ kubectl -n istio-system get configmap istio -o=jsonpath='{.data.mesh}' > mesh-config.yaml
 {{< /text >}}
 
@@ -52,9 +45,9 @@ Run `kube-inject` over the input file and deploy.
 $ istioctl kube-inject \
     --injectConfigFile inject-config.yaml \
     --meshConfigFile mesh-config.yaml \
+    --valuesFile inject-values.yaml \
     --filename @samples/sleep/sleep.yaml@ \
-    --output sleep-injected.yaml
-$ kubectl apply -f sleep-injected.yaml
+    | kubectl apply -f -
 {{< /text >}}
 
 Verify that the sidecar has been injected into the sleep pod with `2/2` under the READY column.
@@ -68,31 +61,22 @@ sleep-64c6f57bc8-f5n4x   2/2     Running   0          24s
 ### Automatic sidecar injection
 
 Sidecars can be automatically added to applicable Kubernetes pods using a
-[mutating webhook admission controller](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/admission-controllers/).
-Verify that the `kube-apiserver` process has the `admission-control` flag set with the `MutatingAdmissionWebhook` and `ValidatingAdmissionWebhook` admission controllers added and listed in the correct order and the admissionregistration API is enabled.
+[mutating webhook admission controller](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/admission-controllers/) provided by Istio.
 
-{{< text bash >}}
-$ kubectl api-versions | grep admissionregistration
-admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1
-{{< /text >}}
+{{< tip >}}
+While admission controllers are enabled by default, some Kubernetes distributions may disable them. If this is the case, follow the instructions to [turn on admission controllers](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/admission-controllers/#how-do-i-turn-on-an-admission-controller).
+{{< /tip >}}
+
+When the injection webhook is enabled, any new pods that are created will automatically have a sidecar added to them.
 
 Note that unlike manual injection, automatic injection occurs at the pod-level. You won't see any change to the deployment itself. Instead you'll want to check individual pods (via `kubectl describe`) to see the injected proxy.
 
 #### Disabling or updating the webhook
 
 The sidecar injecting webhook is enabled by default. If you wish to disable the webhook, you can
-use [Helm](/docs/setup/install/helm/) to generate an updated `istio.yaml`
-with the option `sidecarInjectorWebhook.enabled` set to `false`. E.g.
+use [Helm](/docs/setup/install/helm/) to set option `sidecarInjectorWebhook.enabled` to `false`.
 
-{{< text bash >}}
-$ helm template --namespace=istio-system --set sidecarInjectorWebhook.enabled=false install/kubernetes/helm/istio > istio.yaml
-$ kubectl create ns istio-system
-$ kubectl apply -f istio.yaml
-{{< /text >}}
-
-In addition, there are some other configuration parameters defined for the sidecar injector webhook
-service in `values.yaml`. You can override the default values to customize the installation.
+There are also a [variety of other options](/docs/reference/config/installation-options/#sidecarinjectorwebhook-options) that can be configured.
 
 #### Deploying an app