diff --git a/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc b/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc
index 1d6020e02dcc6..11d55931a42e1 100644
--- a/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/management/advanced-options.asciidoc
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ because requests can be spread across all shard copies. However, results might
 be inconsistent because different shards might be in different refresh states.
 `search:includeFrozen`:: Includes {ref}/frozen-indices.html[frozen indices] in results. 
 Searching through frozen indices
-might increase the search time.
+might increase the search time. This setting is off by default. Users must opt-in to include frozen indices.
 
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 [[kibana-timelion-settings]]