diff --git a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingSettings.scala b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingSettings.scala
index 82ca284fd3..51597422b2 100644
--- a/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster-sharding/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/sharding/ClusterShardingSettings.scala
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ final class ClusterShardingSettings(
   def withTuningParameters(tuningParameters: ClusterShardingSettings.TuningParameters): ClusterShardingSettings =
     copy(tuningParameters = tuningParameters)
 
+  def withStateStoreMode(stateStoreMode: String): ClusterShardingSettings =
+    copy(stateStoreMode = stateStoreMode)
+
   /**
    * The `role` of the `ClusterSingletonManagerSettings` is not used. The `role` of the
    * coordinator singleton will be the same as the `role` of `ClusterShardingSettings`.
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-sharding.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-sharding.rst
index dd16239cff..bdf7133ac8 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-sharding.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/cluster-sharding.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ on all nodes::
 You must explicitly add the ``akka-distributed-data-experimental`` dependency to your build if
 you use this mode. It is possible to remove ``akka-persistence`` dependency from a project if it
 is not used in user code and ``remember-entities`` is ``off``.
+Using it together with ``Remember Entities`` shards will be recreated after rebalancing, however will
+not be recreated after a clean cluster start as the Sharding Coordinator state is empty after a clean cluster
+start when using ddata mode. When ``Remember Entities`` is ``on`` Sharding Region always keeps data usig persistence,
+no matter how ``State Store Mode`` is set.
 
 .. warning::
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-sharding.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-sharding.rst
index 6bdbc78634..5dfcf421cf 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-sharding.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/cluster-sharding.rst
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ on all nodes::
 You must explicitly add the ``akka-distributed-data-experimental`` dependency to your build if
 you use this mode. It is possible to remove ``akka-persistence`` dependency from a project if it
 is not used in user code and ``remember-entities`` is ``off``.
+Using it together with ``Remember Entities`` shards will be recreated after rebalancing, however will
+not be recreated after a clean cluster start as the Sharding Coordinator state is empty after a clean cluster
+start when using ddata mode. When ``Remember Entities`` is ``on`` Sharding Region always keeps data usig persistence,
+no matter how ``State Store Mode`` is set.
 
 .. warning::