diff --git a/docs/platforms/python/integrations/fastapi/index.mdx b/docs/platforms/python/integrations/fastapi/index.mdx
index 3108d695df22f..6fe18cc5f5b1f 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/python/integrations/fastapi/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/python/integrations/fastapi/index.mdx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ It takes a couple of moments for the data to appear in [sentry.io](https://sentr
 
 The following information about your FastAPI project will be available to you on Sentry.io:
 
-- All exceptions leading to an Internal Server Error are captured and reported.
+- By default, all exceptions leading to an Internal Server Error are captured and reported. The HTTP status codes to report on are configurable via the `failed_request_status_codes` [option](#options).
 - Request data such as URL, HTTP method, headers, form data, and JSON payloads is attached to all issues.
 - Sentry excludes raw bodies and multipart file uploads.
 - Sentry also excludes personally identifiable information (such as user ids, usernames, cookies, authorization headers, IP addresses) unless you set `send_default_pii` to `True`.
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ sentry_sdk.init(
     # same as above
     integrations=[
         StarletteIntegration(
-            transaction_style="endpoint"
+            transaction_style="endpoint",
+            failed_request_status_codes=[403, range(500, 599)],
         ),
         FastApiIntegration(
-            transaction_style="endpoint"
+            transaction_style="endpoint",
+            failed_request_status_codes=[403, range(500, 599)],
         ),
     ]
 )
@@ -126,6 +128,19 @@ You can pass the following keyword arguments to `StarletteIntegration()` and `Fa
 
   The default is `"url"`.
 
+- `failed_request_status_codes`:
+
+  A list of integers or containers (objects that allow membership checks via `in`)
+  of integers that will determine which status codes should be reported to Sentry.
+
+  Examples of valid `failed_request_status_codes`:
+
+  - `[500]` will only send events on HTTP 500.
+  - `[400, range(500, 599)]` will send events on HTTP 400 as well as the 500-599 range.
+  - `[500, 503]` will send events on HTTP 500 and 503.
+
+  The default is `[range(500, 599)]`.
+
 ## Supported Versions
 
 - FastAPI: 0.79.0+
diff --git a/docs/platforms/python/integrations/starlette/index.mdx b/docs/platforms/python/integrations/starlette/index.mdx
index 781649bf97ad9..738fe220268fc 100644
--- a/docs/platforms/python/integrations/starlette/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/platforms/python/integrations/starlette/index.mdx
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ It takes a couple of moments for the data to appear in [sentry.io](https://sentr
 
 ## Behavior
 
-- All exceptions leading to an Internal Server Error are reported.
+- By default, all exceptions leading to an Internal Server Error are reported. The HTTP status codes to report on are configurable via the `failed_request_status_codes` [option](#options).
 
 - Request data is attached to all events: **HTTP method, URL, headers, form data, JSON payloads**. Sentry excludes raw bodies and multipart file uploads. Sentry also excludes personally identifiable information (such as user ids, usernames, cookies, authorization headers, IP addresses) unless you set `send_default_pii` to `True`.
 
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ sentry_sdk.init(
     integrations=[
         StarletteIntegration(
             transaction_style="endpoint",
+            failed_request_status_codes=[403, range(500, 599)],
         )
     ],
 )
@@ -84,6 +85,19 @@ You can pass the following keyword arguments to `StarletteIntegration()`:
 
   The default is `"url"`.
 
+- `failed_request_status_codes`:
+
+  A list of integers or containers (objects that allow membership checks via `in`)
+  of integers that will determine which status codes should be reported to Sentry.
+
+  Examples of valid `failed_request_status_codes`:
+
+  - `[500]` will only send events on HTTP 500.
+  - `[400, range(500, 599)]` will send events on HTTP 400 as well as the 500-599 range.
+  - `[500, 503]` will send events on HTTP 500 and 503.
+
+  The default is `[range(500, 599)]`.
+
 ## Supported Versions
 
 - Starlette: 0.19.1+