From f64fde7353b72ed5f61a381c8aa697cd2fbb987a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Hersh <schersh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:33:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS]Adds info on index naming conventions (#33321)

---
 docs/setup/settings.asciidoc | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
index c2cbefb2dcbf..c10d9b938a40 100644
--- a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ which is proxied through the Kibana server.
 
 `kibana.index:`:: *Default: ".kibana"* Kibana uses an index in Elasticsearch to
 store saved searches, visualizations and dashboards. Kibana creates a new index
-if the index doesn’t already exist.
+if the index doesn’t already exist. If you configure a custom index, the name must 
+be lowercase, and conform to {es} {ref}/indices-create-index.html[index name limitations].
 
 `logging.dest:`:: *Default: `stdout`* Enables you specify a file where Kibana
 stores log output.