[DOCS] Clarify document updates don't apply ingest pipelines (#82232)

Adding text to clarify that the default pipeline only applies to indexing requests, not updates. Co-authored-by: James Rodewig <40268737+jrodewig@users.noreply.github.com>
elastic · Jan 6, 2022 · 4e6e4ea · 4e6e4ea
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@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ POST _reindex
 === Set a default pipeline
 
 Use the <<index-default-pipeline,`index.default_pipeline`>> index setting to set
-a default pipeline. {es} applies this pipeline if no `pipeline` parameter
-is specified.
+a default pipeline. {es} applies this pipeline to indexing requests if no
+`pipeline` parameter is specified.
 
 [discrete]
 [[set-final-pipeline]]