diff --git a/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Documents.svelte b/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Documents.svelte
index fcc5afe44c..ed314e658b 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Documents.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/admin/Settings/Documents.svelte
@@ -161,11 +161,10 @@
 			toast.error($i18n.t('Docling Server URL required.'));
 			return;
 		}
-		if (
-			RAGConfig.CONTENT_EXTRACTION_ENGINE === 'docling' &&
-			(RAGConfig.DOCLING_OCR_ENGINE !== '' || RAGConfig.DOCLING_OCR_LANG !== '')
-		) {
-			toast.error($i18n.t('Docling OCR Engine and Language(s) required.'));
+		if (RAGConfig.CONTENT_EXTRACTION_ENGINE === 'docling' &&
+			((RAGConfig.DOCLING_OCR_ENGINE === '' && RAGConfig.DOCLING_OCR_LANG !== '') ||
+			(RAGConfig.DOCLING_OCR_ENGINE !== '' && RAGConfig.DOCLING_OCR_LANG === ''))) {
+			toast.error($i18n.t('Both Docling OCR Engine and Language(s) must be provided or both left empty.'));
 			return;
 		}