diff --git a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
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--- a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ experimental[] Indicates which roles to configure the {kib} process with, which
 run {kib} in different modes. Valid options are `background_tasks` and `ui`,
 or `*` to select all roles. *Default: `*`*
 
+`notifications.connectors.default.email`::
+Specifies the name of the connector that is used to send email notifications.
+In {ecloud}, the default value is `elastic-cloud-email`.
+
 [[path-data]] `path.data`::
 The path where {kib} stores persistent data
 not saved in {es}. *Default: `data`*