diff --git a/.changeset/blue-mice-hide.md b/.changeset/blue-mice-hide.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Updates i18n configuration reference
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index 9aa7dc89b6..c5a74340a4 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -1441,7 +1441,6 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 		 */
 		devOverlay?: boolean;
 
-		// TODO review with docs team before merging to `main`
 		/**
 		 * @docs
 		 * @name experimental.i18n
@@ -1451,6 +1450,8 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 		 * @description
 		 *
 		 * Configures experimental i18n routing and allows you to specify some customization options.
+	   *
+		 * See our guide for more information on [internationalization in Astro](/en/guides/internationalization/)
 		 */
 		i18n?: {
 			/**
@@ -1461,6 +1462,8 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 			 * @description
 			 *
 			 * The default locale of your website/application. This is a required field.
+       * 
+			 * No particular language format or syntax is enforced, but we suggest using lower-case and hyphens as needed (e.g. "es", "pt-br") for greatest compatibility.
 			 */
 			defaultLocale: string;
 			/**
@@ -1470,7 +1473,7 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 			 * @version 3.5.0
 			 * @description
 			 *
-			 * A list of all locales supported by the website (e.g. `['en', 'es', 'pt_BR']`). This list should also include the `defaultLocale`. This is a required field.
+			 * A list of all locales supported by the website (e.g. `['en', 'es', 'pt-br']`). This list should also include the `defaultLocale`. This is a required field.
 			 *
 			 * No particular language format or syntax is enforced, but your folder structure must match exactly the locales in the list.
 			 */
@@ -1489,14 +1492,14 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 			 *
 			 * #### Example
 			 *
-			 * The following example configures your content fallback strategy to redirect unavailable pages in `/pt/` to their `es` version, and unavailable pages in `/fr/` to their `en` version. Unavailable `/es/` pages will return a 404.
+			 * The following example configures your content fallback strategy to redirect unavailable pages in `/pt-br/` to their `es` version, and unavailable pages in `/fr/` to their `en` version. Unavailable `/es/` pages will return a 404.
 			 *
 			 * ```js
 			 * export defualt defineConfig({
 			 * 	experimental: {
 			 * 		i18n: {
 			 * 			defaultLocale: "en",
-			 * 			locales: ["en", "fr", "pt", "es"],
+			 * 			locales: ["en", "fr", "pt-br", "es"],
 			 * 			fallback: {
 			 * 				pt: "es",
 			 * 			  fr: "en"
@@ -1516,14 +1519,15 @@ export interface AstroUserConfig {
 			 * @version 3.5.0
 			 * @description
 			 *
-			 * Controls the routing strategy to determine your site URLs.
+			 * Controls the routing strategy to determine your site URLs. Set this based on your folder/URL path configuration for your default language:
 			 *
-			 *  - `prefix-other-locales`(default): Only non-default languages will display a language prefix. The `defaultLocale` will not show a language prefix.
-			 *    URLs will be of the form `example.com/[lang]/content/` for all non-default languages, but `example.com/content/` for the default locale.
+			 *  - `prefix-other-locales`(default): Only non-default languages will display a language prefix. 
+		   *    The `defaultLocale` will not show a language prefix and content files do not exist in a localized folder.
+			 *    URLs will be of the form `example.com/[locale]/content/` for all non-default languages, but `example.com/content/` for the default locale.
 			 *  - `prefix-always`: All URLs will display a language prefix.
-			 *    URLs will be of the form `example.com/[lang]/content/` for every route, including the default language.
+			 *    URLs will be of the form `example.com/[locale]/content/` for every route, including the default language.
+		   *    Localized folders are used for every language, including the default.
 			 *
-			 * Note: Astro requires all content to exist within a `/[lang]/` folder, even for the default language.
 			 */
 			routingStrategy?: 'prefix-always' | 'prefix-other-locales';
 		};