From d67c88fa120df8ced0dfa7e2304884e44aed40d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ken MacInnis <ken.macinnis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 18:58:32 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] [Docs] Update update-settings.asciidoc (#35073)

Add explanation for ?include_defaults parameter and link to
Cluster Get Settings reference
---
 docs/reference/cluster/update-settings.asciidoc | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster/update-settings.asciidoc b/docs/reference/cluster/update-settings.asciidoc
index 33246b57aa4..d21d84ba8f2 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster/update-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster/update-settings.asciidoc
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ GET /_cluster/settings
 --------------------------------------------------
 // CONSOLE
 
+By default, this API call only returns settings that have been explicitly defined, but can also <<cluster-get-settings,include the default settings>>.
+
 Updates to settings can be persistent, meaning they apply across restarts, or transient, where they don't 
 survive a full cluster restart. Here is an example of a persistent update: