diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/README.md b/packages/sveltekit/README.md
index 506e134168a3..3951ffcac04f 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/README.md
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/README.md
@@ -127,47 +127,25 @@ The Sentry SvelteKit SDK mostly relies on [SvelteKit Hooks](https://kit.svelte.d
     // export const handle = sequence(sentryHandle(), yourHandler());
    ```
 
-### 4. Configuring `load` Functions
+### 4. Vite Setup
 
-5. To catch errors and performance data in your universal `load` functions (e.g. in `+page.(js|ts)`), wrap our `wrapLoadWithSentry` function around your load code:
+Add `sentrySvelteKit` to your Vite plugins in  `vite.config.(js|ts)` file so that the Sentry SDK can apply build-time features.
+Make sure that it is added _before_ the `sveltekit` plugin:
 
-    ```javascript
-    // +page.(js|ts)
-    import { wrapLoadWithSentry } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
-
-    export const load = wrapLoadWithSentry((event) => {
-      //... your load code
-    });
-    ```
-
-6. To catch errors and performance data in your server `load` functions (e.g. in `+page.server.(js|ts)`), wrap our `wrapServerLoadWithSentry` function around your load code:
-
-    ```javascript
-    // +page.server.(js|ts)
-    import { wrapServerLoadWithSentry } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
-
-    export const load = wrapServerLoadWithSentry((event) => {
-      //... your server load code
-    });
-    ```
-
-### 5. Vite Setup
+```javascript
+// vite.config.(js|ts)
+import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+import { sentrySvelteKit } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
 
-1. Add our `sentrySvelteKit` plugins to your `vite.config.(js|ts)` file so that the Sentry SDK can apply build-time features.
-   Make sure that it is added before the `sveltekit` plugin:
+export default {
+  plugins: [sentrySvelteKit(), sveltekit()],
+  // ... rest of your Vite config
+};
+```
 
-   ```javascript
-    // vite.config.(js|ts)
-    import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
-    import { sentrySvelteKit } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
-
-    export default {
-      plugins: [sentrySvelteKit(), sveltekit()],
-      // ... rest of your Vite config
-    };
-   ```
+This adds the [Sentry Vite Plugin](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript-bundler-plugins/tree/main/packages/vite-plugin) to your Vite config to automatically upload source maps to Sentry.
 
-   This adds the [Sentry Vite Plugin](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript-bundler-plugins/tree/main/packages/vite-plugin) to your Vite config to automatically upload source maps to Sentry.
+---
 
 ## Uploading Source Maps
 
@@ -252,14 +230,87 @@ export default {
 };
 ```
 
+## Configure Auto-Instrumentation
+
+The SDK mostly relies on [SvelteKit's hooks](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/hooks) to collect error and performance data. However, SvelteKit doesn't yet offer a hook for universal or server-only `load` function calls. Therefore, the SDK uses a Vite plugin to auto-instrument `load` functions so that you don't have to add a Sentry wrapper to each function manually. Auto-instrumentation is enabled by default, as soon as you add the `sentrySvelteKit()` function call to your `vite.config.(js|ts)`. However, you can customize the behavior, or disable it entirely. In this case, you can still manually wrap specific `load` functions with the `withSentry` function.
+
+Note: The SDK will only auto-instrument `load` functions in `+page` or `+layout` files that do not yet contain any Sentry code.
+If you already have custom Sentry code in such files, you'll have to [manually](#instrument-load-functions-manually) add our wrapper to your `load` functions.
+
+
+### Customize Auto-instrumentation
+
+By passing the `autoInstrument` option to `sentrySvelteKit` you can disable auto-instrumentation entirely, or customize which `load` functions should be instrumented:
+
+```javascript
+// vite.config.(js|ts)
+import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+import { sentrySvelteKit } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
+
+export default {
+  plugins: [
+    sentrySvelteKit({
+      autoInstrument: {
+        load: true, // universal load functions
+        serverLoad: false, // server-only load functions
+      },
+    }),
+    sveltekit(),
+  ],
+  // ... rest of your Vite config
+};
+```
+
+### Disable Auto-instrumentation
+
+If you set the `autoInstrument` option to `false`, the SDK won't auto-instrument any `load` function. You can still [manually instrument](#instrument-load-functions-manually) specific `load` functions.
+
+```javascript
+// vite.config.(js|ts)
+import { sveltekit } from '@sveltejs/kit/vite';
+import { sentrySvelteKit } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
+
+export default {
+  plugins: [
+    sentrySvelteKit({
+      autoInstrument: false;
+    }),
+    sveltekit(),
+  ],
+  // ... rest of your Vite config
+};
+```
+
+### Instrument `load` Functions Manually
+
+If you don't want to use auto-instrumentation, you can also manually instrument specific `load` functions with our load function wrappers:
+
+To instrument your universal `load` functions in `+(page|layout).(js|ts)`, wrap our `wrapLoadWithSentry` function around your load code:
+
+```javascript
+import { wrapLoadWithSentry } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
+
+export const load = wrapLoadWithSentry((event) => {
+  //... your load code
+});
+```
+
+To instrument server `load` functions in `+(page|layout).server.(js|ts)`, wrap our `wrapServerLoadWithSentry` function around your load code:
+
+```javascript
+import { wrapServerLoadWithSentry } from '@sentry/sveltekit';
+
+export const load = wrapServerLoadWithSentry((event) => {
+  //... your server load code
+});
+```
+
+
 ## Known Limitations
 
 This SDK is still under active development.
-Take a look at our [SvelteKit SDK Development Roadmap](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues/6692) to follow the progress:
+Take a look at our [SvelteKit SDK Development Roadmap](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript/issues/6692) to follow the progress.
 
 - **Adapters** other than `@sveltejs/adapter-node` are currently not supported.
   We haven't yet tested other platforms like Vercel.
   This is on our roadmap but it will come at a later time.
-
-- We're aiming to **simplify SDK setup** in the future so that you don't have to go in and manually add our wrappers to all your `load` functions.
-  This will be addressed once the SDK supports all Sentry features.