From 7dccf5f08c807ba4cb66f628362c5dc025e05364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TwiN <twin@linux.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 22:40:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Clarify that alerts still have to be defined when using
 default-alerts

---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 972353f0..a8db7f8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -974,6 +974,8 @@ As a result, the `[ALERT_TRIGGERED_OR_RESOLVED]` in the body of first example of
 | `alerting.*.default-alert.send-on-resolved`   | Whether to send a notification once a triggered alert is marked as resolved   | N/A     |
 | `alerting.*.default-alert.description`        | Description of the alert. Will be included in the alert sent                  | N/A     |
 
+> ⚠ You must still specify the `type` of the alert in the endpoint configuration even if you set the default alert of a provider.
+
 While you can specify the alert configuration directly in the endpoint definition, it's tedious and may lead to a very
 long configuration file.