diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/alloy-logs.alloy b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/alloy-logs.alloy
index 41942fdae7..a4c2e381b7 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/alloy-logs.alloy
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/alloy-logs.alloy
@@ -76,6 +76,28 @@ declare "pod_logs" {
       action = "labelmap"
       regex = "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_(.+)"
     }
+  
+    // explicitly set service_name. if not set, loki will automatically try to populate a default.
+    // see https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/get-started/labels/#default-labels-for-all-users
+    //
+    // choose the first value found from the following ordered list:
+    // - pod.annotation[resource.opentelemetry.io/service.name]
+    // - pod.label[app.kubernetes.io/name]
+    // - k8s.pod.name
+    // - k8s.container.name
+    rule {
+      action = "replace"
+      source_labels = [
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_resource_opentelemetry_io_service_name",
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_label_app_kubernetes_io_name",
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_name",
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name",
+      ]
+      separator = ";"
+      regex = "^(?:;*)?([^;]+).*$"
+      replacement = "$1"
+      target_label = "service_name"
+    }
   }
   
   discovery.kubernetes "pods" {
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/output.yaml
index 8512d4d334..4ed6779b3e 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/pod-labels-and-annotations/output.yaml
@@ -547,6 +547,28 @@ data:
           action = "labelmap"
           regex = "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_(.+)"
         }
+      
+        // explicitly set service_name. if not set, loki will automatically try to populate a default.
+        // see https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/get-started/labels/#default-labels-for-all-users
+        //
+        // choose the first value found from the following ordered list:
+        // - pod.annotation[resource.opentelemetry.io/service.name]
+        // - pod.label[app.kubernetes.io/name]
+        // - k8s.pod.name
+        // - k8s.container.name
+        rule {
+          action = "replace"
+          source_labels = [
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_resource_opentelemetry_io_service_name",
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_label_app_kubernetes_io_name",
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_name",
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name",
+          ]
+          separator = ";"
+          regex = "^(?:;*)?([^;]+).*$"
+          replacement = "$1"
+          target_label = "service_name"
+        }
       }
       
       discovery.kubernetes "pods" {
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/globally/alloy-logs.alloy b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/globally/alloy-logs.alloy
index 5633be1200..8fc8c9aca1 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/globally/alloy-logs.alloy
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/globally/alloy-logs.alloy
@@ -76,6 +76,28 @@ declare "pod_logs" {
       action = "labelmap"
       regex = "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_(.+)"
     }
+  
+    // explicitly set service_name. if not set, loki will automatically try to populate a default.
+    // see https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/get-started/labels/#default-labels-for-all-users
+    //
+    // choose the first value found from the following ordered list:
+    // - pod.annotation[resource.opentelemetry.io/service.name]
+    // - pod.label[app.kubernetes.io/name]
+    // - k8s.pod.name
+    // - k8s.container.name
+    rule {
+      action = "replace"
+      source_labels = [
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_resource_opentelemetry_io_service_name",
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_label_app_kubernetes_io_name",
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_name",
+        "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name",
+      ]
+      separator = ";"
+      regex = "^(?:;*)?([^;]+).*$"
+      replacement = "$1"
+      target_label = "service_name"
+    }
   }
   
   discovery.kubernetes "pods" {
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/tolerations/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/tolerations/output.yaml
index 01a53f122b..e9bd92c939 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/tolerations/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/tolerations/output.yaml
@@ -530,6 +530,28 @@ data:
           action = "labelmap"
           regex = "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_(.+)"
         }
+      
+        // explicitly set service_name. if not set, loki will automatically try to populate a default.
+        // see https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/get-started/labels/#default-labels-for-all-users
+        //
+        // choose the first value found from the following ordered list:
+        // - pod.annotation[resource.opentelemetry.io/service.name]
+        // - pod.label[app.kubernetes.io/name]
+        // - k8s.pod.name
+        // - k8s.container.name
+        rule {
+          action = "replace"
+          source_labels = [
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_resource_opentelemetry_io_service_name",
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_label_app_kubernetes_io_name",
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_name",
+            "__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_name",
+          ]
+          separator = ";"
+          regex = "^(?:;*)?([^;]+).*$"
+          replacement = "$1"
+          target_label = "service_name"
+        }
       }
       
       discovery.kubernetes "pods" {