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Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 10:25:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [8.6] [DOCS] Add details to xpack.fleet.outputs settings
 (#154247) (#154249)

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- [[DOCS] Add details to xpack.fleet.outputs settings
(#154247)](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/154247)

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Co-authored-by: David Kilfoyle <41695641+kilfoyle@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc
index 6d907ba23a807..2695270843e04 100644
--- a/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/settings/fleet-settings.asciidoc
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ If configured in your `kibana.yml`, output settings are grayed out and
 unavailable in the {fleet} UI. To make these settings editable in the UI, do not
 configure them in the configuration file. 
 +
+NOTE: The `xpack.fleet.outputs` settings are intended for advanced configurations such as having multiple outputs. We recommend not enabling the `xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.host` settings when using `xpack.fleet.outputs`.
++
 .Required properties of `xpack.fleet.outputs`
 [%collapsible%open]
 =====
@@ -161,7 +163,9 @@ configure them in the configuration file.
 [%collapsible%open]
 =====
   `is_default`::: 
-    If `true`, this output is the default output.
+    If `true`, the output specified in `xpack.fleet.outputs` will be the one used to send agent data unless there is another one configured specifically for the agent policy.
+  `is_default_monitoring`::: 
+    If `true`, the output specified in `xpack.fleet.outputs` will be the one used to send agent monitoring data unless there is another one configured specifically for the agent policy.
 =====
 +
 Example configuration: