diff --git a/docs/en/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc b/docs/en/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc
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--- a/docs/en/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/en/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc
@@ -86,4 +86,13 @@ Defaults to `1000` (1 second).
 
 `xpack.reporting.capture.timeout`::
 The maximum amount of time to wait for things to render in Kibana when capturing
-screenshots. Defaults to `6000` (6 seconds).
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+screenshots. Defaults to `6000` (6 seconds).
+
+[float]
+[[reporting-advanced-settings]]
+=== Advanced Settings
+
+`xpack.reporting.index`::
+Reporting uses a weekly index in Elasticsearch to store the reporting job and the report
+content. The index will be created automatically if it does not already exist.
+Defaults to `.reporting`