diff --git a/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md b/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md
index 45f5ef763e..c8bbc98927 100644
--- a/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md
+++ b/docs/sources/upgrading/_index.md
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ We introduced a new cache called `embedded-cache` which is an in-process cache s
 
 Currently `embedded-cache` with `distributed: true` can be enabled only for results cache.
 
+#### Evenly spread Memcached pods for chunks across kubernetes nodes
+
+We now evenly spread memcached_chunks pods across the available kubernetes nodes, but allowing more than one pod to be scheduled into the same node.
+If you want to run at most a single pod per node, set `$.memcached.memcached_chunks.use_topology_spread` to false.
+
+While we attempt to schedule at most 1 memcached_chunks pod per Kubernetes node with the `topology_spread_max_skew: 1` field,
+if no more nodes are available then multiple pods will be scheduled on the same node.
+This can potentially impact your service's reliability so consider tuning these values according to your risk tolerance.
+
 #### Evenly spread distributors across kubernetes nodes
 
 We now evenly spread distributors across the available kubernetes nodes, but allowing more than one distributors to be scheduled into the same node.
diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki/memcached.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki/memcached.libsonnet
index 55937fe5a0..18d277c028 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki/memcached.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki/memcached.libsonnet
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ memcached {
     name: 'memcached',
     max_item_size: '2m',
     memory_limit_mb: 4096,
+    use_topology_spread: true,
   },
 
   // Dedicated memcached instance used to temporarily cache index lookups.