diff --git a/docs/advanced_topics/customization/streamfield_blocks.md b/docs/advanced_topics/customization/streamfield_blocks.md
index f658ff2c9c..f486ceac95 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_topics/customization/streamfield_blocks.md
+++ b/docs/advanced_topics/customization/streamfield_blocks.md
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ class SettingsBlock(blocks.StructBlock):
         icon = 'cog'
         # This block will be initially collapsed
         collapsed = True
-        # The label when the block is collapsed
-        label_format = "Settings (Theme: {theme}, Available: {available})"
+        # The block's summary label when collapsed
+        label_format = "Theme: {theme}, Available: {available}"
 
 
 class PersonBlock(blocks.StructBlock):
diff --git a/docs/reference/streamfield/blocks.md b/docs/reference/streamfield/blocks.md
index 712be72efb..352d65d539 100644
--- a/docs/reference/streamfield/blocks.md
+++ b/docs/reference/streamfield/blocks.md
@@ -536,7 +536,10 @@ The `form_attrs` keyword argument was added to all built-in structural block typ
     :param value_class: A subclass of ``wagtail.blocks.StructValue`` to use as the type of returned values for this block. See :ref:`custom_value_class_for_structblock`.
     :param search_index: If false (default true), the content of this block will not be indexed for searching.
     :param label_format:
-     Determines the label shown when the block is collapsed in the editing interface. By default, the value of the first sub-block in the StructBlock is shown, but this can be customized by setting a string here with block names contained in braces - for example ``label_format = "Profile for {first_name} {surname}"``
+     Determines the summary label shown after the ``label`` when the block is collapsed in the editing interface. By default, the value of the first sub-block in the StructBlock is shown, but this can be customized by setting a string here with block names contained in braces - for example ``label_format = "{surname}, {first_name}"``. If you wish to hide the summary label entirely, set this to the empty string ``""``.
+
+     .. versionchanged:: 7.1
+        The block's original ``label`` is now always shown when the block is collapsed, and the ``label_format`` string is shown after it as the summary instead of replacing the ``label``.
 
 
 .. autoclass:: wagtail.blocks.ListBlock
diff --git a/docs/releases/7.1.2.md b/docs/releases/7.1.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82ee18d4d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/7.1.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Wagtail 7.1.2 release notes
+
+_Unreleased_
+
+```{contents}
+---
+local:
+depth: 1
+---
+```
+
+## What's new
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+ * Allow `label_format` to be set to an empty string to hide the block summary label (Sage Abdullah)
+
+## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects
+
+### Changes to `label_format` behavior in `StructBlock`
+
+In Wagtail 7.1, the `label_format` option for `StructBlock` has been changed to always show the block's original `label` when the block is collapsed, with the `label_format` string shown after it as a summary instead of replacing the `label`. This means that if you had previously set `label_format` to include (or be the same as) the `label`, you would likely want to remove the original `label`'s text from the `label_format` string.
+
+If you wish to hide the summary label entirely (similar to setting `label_format = label` in Wagtail < 7.1), you can set `label_format` to the empty string `""`. This was not possible in Wagtail 7.1, but is now supported as of this release.
diff --git a/docs/releases/7.1.md b/docs/releases/7.1.md
index f049bc4ee9..44a5356686 100644
--- a/docs/releases/7.1.md
+++ b/docs/releases/7.1.md
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ The panels mechanism used by the page and snippet editing forms now provides an
  * Upgrade django-tasks to 0.8.x (Jake Howard)
  * Refresh accessibility targets in contributing docs (Thibaud Colas)
 
+## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting all projects
+
+### Changes to `label_format` behavior in `StructBlock`
+
+The `label_format` option for `StructBlock` has been changed to always show the block's original `label` when the block is collapsed, with the `label_format` string shown after it as a summary instead of replacing the `label`. This means that if you had previously set `label_format` to include (or be the same as) the `label`, you would likely want to remove the original `label`'s text from the `label_format` string.
+
 ## Upgrade considerations - changes affecting Wagtail customizations
 
 ### Deprecation of `PageListingButton`, `SnippetListingButton`, and `UserListingButton`
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.rst b/docs/releases/index.rst
index 38fecb2b4b..ace3c887d7 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Release notes
    upgrading
    release_process
    7.2
+   7.1.2
    7.1.1
    7.1
    7.0.3