diff --git a/code/Model/SiteTree.php b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
index 45c6dd86ad..c914eafab2 100755
--- a/code/Model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/code/Model/SiteTree.php
@@ -319,6 +319,15 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject implements PermissionProvider, i18nEntityProvi
         "Stage",  "Live"
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Fields which, if changed on their own, won't cause a new version/live record to be created
+     * @var string[]
+     */
+    private static array $fields_ignored_by_versioning = [
+        'HasBrokenFile',
+        'HasBrokenLink',
+    ];
+
     private static $default_sort = "\"Sort\"";
 
     /**
@@ -1629,7 +1638,7 @@ public function requireDefaultRecords()
             if (!SiteTree::get_by_link($defaultHomepage)) {
                 $homepage = new Page();
                 $homepage->Title = _t(__CLASS__.'.DEFAULTHOMETITLE', 'Home');
-                $homepage->Content = _t(__CLASS__.'.DEFAULTHOMECONTENT', '<p>Welcome to SilverStripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>You can now access the <a href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>, or begin the <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons">SilverStripe lessons</a>.</p>');
+                $homepage->Content = _t(__CLASS__.'.DEFAULTHOMECONTENT2', '<p>Welcome to Silverstripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>For comprehensive information on Silverstripe CMS, see the <a target="_blank" href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>.</p>');
                 $homepage->URLSegment = $defaultHomepage;
                 $homepage->Sort = 1;
                 $homepage->write();
@@ -1722,7 +1731,7 @@ protected function onBeforeWrite()
         }
 
         // Check to see if we've only altered fields that shouldn't affect versioning
-        $fieldsIgnoredByVersioning = ['HasBrokenLink', 'Status', 'HasBrokenFile', 'ToDo', 'VersionID', 'SaveCount'];
+        $fieldsIgnoredByVersioning = $this->config()->get('fields_ignored_by_versioning') ?? [];
         $changedFields = array_keys($this->getChangedFields(true, 2) ?? []);
 
         // This more rigorous check is inline with the test that write() does to decide whether or not to write to the
diff --git a/lang/en.yml b/lang/en.yml
index c2ba9f82bc..3c012c9c37 100644
--- a/lang/en.yml
+++ b/lang/en.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ en:
     DEFAULTCONTACTCONTENT: '<p>You can fill this page out with your own content, or delete it and create your own pages.</p>'
     DEFAULTCONTACTTITLE: 'Contact Us'
     DEFAULTHOMECONTENT: '<p>Welcome to SilverStripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>You can now access the <a href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>, or begin the <a href="http://www.silverstripe.org/learn/lessons">SilverStripe lessons</a>.</p>'
+    DEFAULTHOMECONTENT2: '<p>Welcome to Silverstripe! This is the default homepage. You can edit this page by opening <a href="admin/">the CMS</a>.</p><p>For comprehensive information on Silverstripe CMS, see the <a target="_blank" href="http://docs.silverstripe.org">developer documentation</a>.</p>'
     DEFAULTHOMETITLE: Home
     DEPENDENT_NOTE: 'The following pages depend on this page. This includes virtual pages, redirector pages, and pages with content links.'
     DESCRIPTION: 'Generic content page'