diff --git a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/configuration/ConfigUtils.java b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/configuration/ConfigUtils.java
index c0bfbb453a695..8b005f6ca8256 100644
--- a/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/configuration/ConfigUtils.java
+++ b/core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/configuration/ConfigUtils.java
@@ -34,10 +34,26 @@ public static SmallRyeConfigBuilder emptyConfigBuilder() {
                 .addDefaultSources();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a {@code List} of the active profiles in Quarkus.
+     * <p>
+     * Profiles are sorted in reverse order according to how they were set in
+     * {@code quarkus.profile}, as the last profile overrides the previous one until there are
+     * no profiles left in the list.
+     *
+     * @return a {@code List} of the active profiles
+     * @see io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig#getProfiles()
+     */
     public static List<String> getProfiles() {
         return ConfigProvider.getConfig().unwrap(SmallRyeConfig.class).getProfiles();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if a configuration profile is active in Quarkus.
+     *
+     * @param profile the configuration profile to check
+     * @return true if the profile is active or false otherwise.
+     */
     public static boolean isProfileActive(final String profile) {
         return getProfiles().contains(profile);
     }
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc
index 83c57341357d7..ac7a357735a4b 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/config-reference.adoc
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ Setting `quarkus.profile`  to `staging` will activate the `staging` profile.
 
 [NOTE]
 ====
-The `io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig#getProfiles` API provides a way to retrieve the active profiles programmatically.
+The `io.quarkus.runtime.configuration.ConfigUtils.getProfiles` API provides a way to retrieve the active profiles programmatically.
 ====
 
 === Profile-aware files