diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md
index dde2846fc1f..6324f424319 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ litellm_settings:
 
 #### [OPTIONAL] Step 1.5: Add redis namespaces, default ttl 
 
-## Namespace
+#### Namespace
 If you want to create some folder for your keys, you can set a namespace, like this:
 
 ```yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ and keys will be stored like:
 litellm_caching:<hash>
 ```
 
-## Redis Cluster 
+#### Redis Cluster 
 
 ```yaml
 model_list:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ litellm_settings:
     redis_startup_nodes: [{"host": "127.0.0.1", "port": "7001"}] 
 ```
 
-## TTL
+#### TTL
 
 ```yaml
 litellm_settings:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ litellm_settings:
 ```
 
 
-## SSL
+#### SSL
 
 just set `REDIS_SSL="True"` in your .env, and LiteLLM will pick this up. 
 
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ litellm_settings:
                       # /chat/completions, /completions, /embeddings, /audio/transcriptions
 ```
 
-### Turn on / off caching per request.  
+### **Turn on / off caching per request. **
 
 The proxy support 4 cache-controls:
 
@@ -699,6 +699,73 @@ x-litellm-cache-key: 586bf3f3c1bf5aecb55bd9996494d3bbc69eb58397163add6d49537762a
              
 ```
 
+### **Set Caching Default Off - Opt in only **
+
+1. **Set `mode: default_off` for caching**
+
+```yaml
+model_list:
+  - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
+    litellm_params:
+      model: openai/fake
+      api_key: fake-key
+      api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+
+# default off mode
+litellm_settings:
+  set_verbose: True
+  cache: True
+  cache_params:
+    mode: default_off # 👈 Key change cache is default_off
+```
+
+2. **Opting in to cache when cache is default off**
+
+
+<Tabs>
+<TabItem value="openai" label="OpenAI Python SDK">
+
+```python
+import os
+from openai import OpenAI
+
+client = OpenAI(api_key=<litellm-api-key>, base_url="http://0.0.0.0:4000")
+
+chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
+    messages=[
+        {
+            "role": "user",
+            "content": "Say this is a test",
+        }
+    ],
+    model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+    extra_body = {        # OpenAI python accepts extra args in extra_body
+        "cache": {"use-cache": True}
+    }
+)
+```
+</TabItem>
+
+<TabItem value="curl" label="curl">
+
+```shell
+curl http://localhost:4000/v1/chat/completions \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk-1234" \
+  -d '{
+    "model": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+    "cache": {"use-cache": True}
+    "messages": [
+      {"role": "user", "content": "Say this is a test"}
+    ]
+  }'
+```
+
+</TabItem>
+
+</Tabs>
+
+
 
 ### Turn on `batch_redis_requests` 
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
index 6be2454a2cd..ef11d798e5d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_config.yaml
@@ -5,16 +5,9 @@ model_list:
       api_key: fake-key
       api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
 
-guardrails:
-  - guardrail_name: "custom-pre-guard"
-    litellm_params:
-      guardrail: custom_guardrail.myCustomGuardrail  
-      mode: "pre_call"
-  - guardrail_name: "custom-during-guard"
-    litellm_params:
-      guardrail: custom_guardrail.myCustomGuardrail  
-      mode: "during_call"
-  - guardrail_name: "custom-post-guard"
-    litellm_params:
-      guardrail: custom_guardrail.myCustomGuardrail
-      mode: "post_call"
\ No newline at end of file
+# default off mode
+litellm_settings:
+  set_verbose: True
+  cache: True
+  cache_params:
+    mode: default_off
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 5ccfc13c885..7e6f3c5e2fc 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ class ProxyConfig:
                     self._init_cache(cache_params=cache_params)
                     if litellm.cache is not None:
                         verbose_proxy_logger.debug(  # noqa
-                            f"{blue_color_code}Set Cache on LiteLLM Proxy: {vars(litellm.cache.cache)}{reset_color_code}"
+                            f"{blue_color_code}Set Cache on LiteLLM Proxy= {vars(litellm.cache.cache)}{vars(litellm.cache)}{reset_color_code}"
                         )
                 elif key == "cache" and value is False:
                     pass