diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b529b732..73c67782 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ auditd_rules:
   clock_settime: yes                              # V-38527
   clock_settimeofday: yes                         # V-38522
   clock_stime: yes                                # V-38525
-  DAC_chmod: yes                                  # V-38543
+  DAC_chmod: no                                   # V-38543
   DAC_chown: yes                                  # V-38545
   DAC_lchown: yes                                 # V-38558
-  DAC_fchmod: yes                                 # V-38547
-  DAC_fchmodat: yes                               # V-38550
+  DAC_fchmod: no                                  # V-38547
+  DAC_fchmodat: no                                # V-38550
   DAC_fchown: yes                                 # V-38552
   DAC_fchownat: yes                               # V-38554
   DAC_fremovexattr: yes                           # V-38556
diff --git a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38543.rst b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38543.rst
index 75996c91..b87898f5 100644
--- a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38543.rst
+++ b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38543.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
-Rules are added for auditd to log discretionary access control permission
-changes done with chmod.
+**Exception**
+
+The audit rules which monitor ``chmod``, ``fchmod``, and ``fchmodat``
+syscalls can cause high CPU and I/O load during OpenStack-Ansible deployments
+and while updating packages with apt. By default, these rules are disabled.
+
+These audit rules can be enabled by setting any of the following variables:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    auditd_rules['DAC_chmod']: yes
+    auditd_rules['DAC_fchmod']: yes
+    auditd_rules['DAC_fchmodat']: yes
diff --git a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38547.rst b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38547.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a4f9c0e..00000000
--- a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38547.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Rules are added for auditd to log discretionary access control permission
-changes done with fchmod.
diff --git a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38547.rst b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38547.rst
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..8f760f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38547.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+V-38543.rst
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diff --git a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38550.rst b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38550.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f876925c..00000000
--- a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38550.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Audit rules are added in a task so that any events associated with the loading
-or unloading of a kernel module are logged.  The new audit rule will be
-loaded immediately with ``augenrules --load``.
diff --git a/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38550.rst b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38550.rst
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..8f760f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/developer-notes/V-38550.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+V-38543.rst
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