diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook-synapse-usage-exporter.md b/docs/configuring-playbook-synapse-usage-exporter.md
index 9f962a7c5..a67becdf4 100644
--- a/docs/configuring-playbook-synapse-usage-exporter.md
+++ b/docs/configuring-playbook-synapse-usage-exporter.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Enabling this service will automatically:
 
 - install the synapse-usage-exporter service
 - re-configure Synapse to push (via HTTP `PUT`) usage statistics information to synapse-usage-exporter
-- re-configure [Prometheus](./configuring-playbook-prometheus-grafana.md) (if Grafana is enabled), to periodically scrape metrics from synapse-usage-exporter
+- re-configure [Prometheus](./configuring-playbook-prometheus-grafana.md) (if Prometheus is enabled), to periodically scrape metrics from synapse-usage-exporter
 - add a new [Grafana](./configuring-playbook-prometheus-grafana.md) dashboard (if Grafana is enabled) containing Synapse usage statistics
 
 ## Quickstart
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_enabled: true
 # (Optional) Expose endpoint if you want to collect statistics from outside (from other homeservers).
 # If enabled, synapse-usage-exporter will be exposed publicly at `matrix.DOMAIN/report-usage-stats/push`.
 # When collecting usage statistics for Synapse running on the same host, you don't need to enable this.
+# You can adjust the hostname and path via `matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_hostname` and `matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_path_prefix`.
 # matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_proxying_enabled: true
 ```
diff --git a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 991218645..c207e4b1c 100644
--- a/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/custom/matrix-synapse-usage-exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_enabled: false
 
+# Controls the hostname and path that this component exposes its web services on.
+# Only used if `matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_proxying_enabled` is true.
+matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_hostname: "{{ matrix_server_fqn_matrix }}"
+matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_path_prefix: /report-usage-stats/push
+
 # matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_identifier controls the identifier of this synapse-usage-exporter instance, which influences:
 # - the default storage path
 # - the names of systemd services and containers
@@ -44,7 +49,10 @@ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_additional_networks: []
 # Extra arguments for the Docker container
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_extra_arguments: []
 
-# Controls whether the synapse usage exporter should be proxied (exposed) on `matrix.DOMAIN/report-usage-stats/push`
+# Controls whether the synapse-usage-exporter's web services should be proxied (exposed publicly).
+#
+# Exposure happens on `matrix.DOMAIN/report-usage-stats/push` by default.
+# See: `matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_hostname` and `matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_path_prefix`.
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_proxying_enabled: false
 
 # matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_enabled controls whether labels to assist a Traefik reverse-proxy will be attached to the container.
@@ -54,8 +62,8 @@ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_proxying_enabled: false
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_enabled: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_proxying_enabled }}"
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_docker_network: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_network }}"
 
-matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_path_prefix: "/report-usage-stats/push"
-matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_rule: "Host(`{{ matrix_server_fqn_matrix }}`) && PathPrefix(`{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_path_prefix | quote }}`)"
+matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_path_prefix: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_path_prefix }}"
+matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_rule: "Host(`{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_hostname }}`) && PathPrefix(`{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_path_prefix }}`)"
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_priority: 0
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_entrypoints: "web-secure"
 matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_tls: "{{ matrix_synapse_usage_exporter_container_labels_traefik_entrypoints != 'web' }}"