diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
index 6f10b28f55b..0f6d7c1aa5a 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/api/native-api.rst
@@ -682,6 +682,24 @@ The fully expanded example above (without environment variables) looks like this
 
   curl -H X-Dataverse-key:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx https://demo.dataverse.org/api/dataverses/root/guestbookResponses?guestbookId=1 -o myResponses.csv
 
+.. _collection-attributes-api:
+  
+Change Collection Attributes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: 
+
+  curl -H  X-Dataverse-key:$API_TOKEN $SERVER_URL/api/dataverses/$ID/attribute/$ATTRIBUTE?value=$VALUE
+
+The following attributes are supported:
+
+* ``alias``  Collection alias
+* ``name`` Name
+* ``description`` Description
+* ``affiliation`` Affiliation
+* ``filePIDsEnabled`` ("true" or "false") Enables or disables registraion of file-level PIDs in datasets within the collection (overriding the instance-wide setting).
+
+
 Datasets
 --------
 
diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
index 42daa83d654..51e2c9dfd25 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ If you don't want to register file-based PIDs for your installation, set:
 
 Note: File-level PID registration was added in Dataverse Software 4.9; it could not be disabled until Dataverse Software 4.9.3.
 
-It is possible to override the installation-wide setting for specific collections. For example, it registration of PIDs for files can be enabled in a specific collection when it is disabled instance-wide. Or it can be disabled in specific collections where it is enabled by default. See ... for details. 
+It is possible to override the installation-wide setting for specific collections. For example, it registration of PIDs for files can be enabled in a specific collection when it is disabled instance-wide. Or it can be disabled in specific collections where it is enabled by default. See :ref:`collection-attributes-api` for details. 
 
 .. _:IndependentHandleService:
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java
index 51b7c403207..06747a9f142 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/Dataverses.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class Dataverses extends AbstractApiBean {
 
     @EJB
     SwordServiceBean swordService;
-
+    
     @POST
     @AuthRequired
     public Response addRoot(@Context ContainerRequestContext crc, String body) {
@@ -610,12 +610,22 @@ public Response updateAttribute(@Context ContainerRequestContext crc, @PathParam
                 case "affiliation":
                     collection.setAffiliation(value);
                     break;
+                /* commenting out the code from the draft pr #9462:
+                case "versionPidsConduct":
+                    CollectionConduct conduct = CollectionConduct.findBy(value);
+                    if (conduct == null) {
+                        return badRequest("'" + value + "' is not one of [" +
+                            String.join(",", CollectionConduct.asList()) + "]");
+                    }
+                    collection.setDatasetVersionPidConduct(conduct);
+                    break;
+                 */
                 case "filePIDsEnabled":
                     collection.setFilePIDsEnabled(parseBooleanOrDie(value));
                 default:
                     return badRequest("'" + attribute + "' is not a supported attribute");
             }
-        
+            
             // Off to persistence layer
             execCommand(new UpdateDataverseCommand(collection, null, null, dvRequest, null));