diff --git a/scss/_navbar.scss b/scss/_navbar.scss
index fd6603d4279d..599b055ebca6 100644
--- a/scss/_navbar.scss
+++ b/scss/_navbar.scss
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@
 }
 
 .navbar-dark {
+  // scss-docs-start navbar-dark-css-vars
   --#{$prefix}navbar-color: #{$navbar-dark-color};
   --#{$prefix}navbar-hover-color: #{$navbar-dark-hover-color};
   --#{$prefix}navbar-disabled-color: #{$navbar-dark-disabled-color};
@@ -273,4 +274,5 @@
   --#{$prefix}navbar-brand-hover-color: #{$navbar-dark-brand-hover-color};
   --#{$prefix}navbar-toggler-border-color: #{$navbar-dark-toggler-border-color};
   --#{$prefix}navbar-toggler-icon-bg: #{escape-svg($navbar-dark-toggler-icon-bg)};
+  // scss-docs-end navbar-dark-css-vars
 }
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index 82d33b0baf12..07ce922f3332 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -1100,15 +1100,6 @@ $navbar-toggler-font-size:          $font-size-lg !default;
 $navbar-toggler-border-radius:      $btn-border-radius !default;
 $navbar-toggler-focus-width:        $btn-focus-width !default;
 $navbar-toggler-transition:         box-shadow .15s ease-in-out !default;
-// scss-docs-end navbar-variables
-
-// scss-docs-start navbar-theme-variables
-$navbar-dark-color:                 rgba($white, .55) !default;
-$navbar-dark-hover-color:           rgba($white, .75) !default;
-$navbar-dark-active-color:          $white !default;
-$navbar-dark-disabled-color:        rgba($white, .25) !default;
-$navbar-dark-toggler-icon-bg:       url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 30 30'><path stroke='#{$navbar-dark-color}' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-miterlimit='10' stroke-width='2' d='M4 7h22M4 15h22M4 23h22'/></svg>") !default;
-$navbar-dark-toggler-border-color:  rgba($white, .1) !default;
 
 $navbar-light-color:                rgba($black, .55) !default;
 $navbar-light-hover-color:          rgba($black, .7) !default;
@@ -1116,12 +1107,20 @@ $navbar-light-active-color:         rgba($black, .9) !default;
 $navbar-light-disabled-color:       rgba($black, .3) !default;
 $navbar-light-toggler-icon-bg:      url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 30 30'><path stroke='#{$navbar-light-color}' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-miterlimit='10' stroke-width='2' d='M4 7h22M4 15h22M4 23h22'/></svg>") !default;
 $navbar-light-toggler-border-color: rgba($black, .1) !default;
+$navbar-light-brand-color:          $navbar-light-active-color !default;
+$navbar-light-brand-hover-color:    $navbar-light-active-color !default;
+// scss-docs-end navbar-variables
 
-$navbar-light-brand-color:                $navbar-light-active-color !default;
-$navbar-light-brand-hover-color:          $navbar-light-active-color !default;
-$navbar-dark-brand-color:                 $navbar-dark-active-color !default;
-$navbar-dark-brand-hover-color:           $navbar-dark-active-color !default;
-// scss-docs-end navbar-theme-variables
+// scss-docs-start navbar-dark-variables
+$navbar-dark-color:                 rgba($white, .55) !default;
+$navbar-dark-hover-color:           rgba($white, .75) !default;
+$navbar-dark-active-color:          $white !default;
+$navbar-dark-disabled-color:        rgba($white, .25) !default;
+$navbar-dark-toggler-icon-bg:       url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 30 30'><path stroke='#{$navbar-dark-color}' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-miterlimit='10' stroke-width='2' d='M4 7h22M4 15h22M4 23h22'/></svg>") !default;
+$navbar-dark-toggler-border-color:  rgba($white, .1) !default;
+$navbar-dark-brand-color:           $navbar-dark-active-color !default;
+$navbar-dark-brand-hover-color:     $navbar-dark-active-color !default;
+// scss-docs-end navbar-dark-variables
 
 
 // Dropdowns
@@ -1560,11 +1559,13 @@ $carousel-control-next-icon-bg:      url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://
 
 $carousel-transition-duration:       .6s !default;
 $carousel-transition:                transform $carousel-transition-duration ease-in-out !default; // Define transform transition first if using multiple transitions (e.g., `transform 2s ease, opacity .5s ease-out`)
+// scss-docs-end carousel-variables
 
+// scss-docs-start carousel-dark-variables
 $carousel-dark-indicator-active-bg:  $black !default;
 $carousel-dark-caption-color:        $black !default;
 $carousel-dark-control-icon-filter:  invert(1) grayscale(100) !default;
-// scss-docs-end carousel-variables
+// scss-docs-end carousel-dark-variables
 
 
 // Spinners
diff --git a/site/content/docs/5.2/components/carousel.md b/site/content/docs/5.2/components/carousel.md
index ec9aa466c522..327916b2c084 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/5.2/components/carousel.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/5.2/components/carousel.md
@@ -287,8 +287,14 @@ The transition duration of `.carousel-item` can be changed with the `$carousel-t
 
 ### Variables
 
+Variables for all carousels:
+
 {{< scss-docs name="carousel-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
 
+Variables for the [dark carousel](#dark-variant):
+
+{{< scss-docs name="carousel-dark-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### Via data attributes
diff --git a/site/content/docs/5.2/components/navbar.md b/site/content/docs/5.2/components/navbar.md
index bc4792a6765f..b37db0f92304 100644
--- a/site/content/docs/5.2/components/navbar.md
+++ b/site/content/docs/5.2/components/navbar.md
@@ -792,11 +792,19 @@ Some additional CSS variables are also present on `.navbar-nav`:
 
 {{< scss-docs name="navbar-nav-css-vars" file="scss/_navbar.scss" >}}
 
+Customization through CSS variables can be seen on the `.navbar-dark` class where we override specific values without adding duplicate CSS selectors.
+
+{{< scss-docs name="navbar-dark-css-vars" file="scss/_navbar.scss" >}}
+
 ### Sass variables
 
+Variables for all navbars:
+
 {{< scss-docs name="navbar-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
 
-{{< scss-docs name="navbar-theme-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
+Variables for the [dark navbar](#color-schemes):
+
+{{< scss-docs name="navbar-dark-variables" file="scss/_variables.scss" >}}
 
 ### Sass loop