Added info about ability to overwrite (#29944) (#30117)

* Added info about ability to overwrite Co-authored-by: Brandon Morelli <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: DeDe Morton <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: mr1716 <[email protected]>
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 The `add_fields` processor adds additional fields to the event.  Fields can be
-scalar values, arrays, dictionaries, or any nested combination of these.  By
-default the fields that you specify will be grouped under the `fields`
+scalar values, arrays, dictionaries, or any nested combination of these. 
+The `add_fields` processor will overwrite the target field if it already exists. 
+By default the fields that you specify will be grouped under the `fields`
 sub-dictionary in the event. To group the fields under a different
 sub-dictionary, use the `target` setting. To store the fields as
 top-level fields, set `target: ''`.