Adds a note that reindex does not set up mappings, etc. Closes #20783

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 experimental[The reindex API is new and should still be considered experimental.  The API may change in ways that are not backwards compatible]

+IMPORTANT: Reindex does not attempt to set up the destination index.  It does
+not copy the settings of the source index.  You should set up the destination
+index prior to running a `_reindex` action, including setting up mappings, shard
+counts, replicas, etc.
+
 The most basic form of `_reindex` just copies documents from one index to another.
 This will copy documents from the `twitter` index into the `new_twitter` index: