From 745df8f313aecceba7cf913773f66db20bfc51f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Kirschner <85913323+jkirschner-hashicorp@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 12:41:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify reloadable config option usage

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 website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx
index 44432da314..13e03ff067 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ required ports and their default settings.
 
 ## Reloadable Configuration
 
-Reloading configuration does not reload all configuration items. The
-items which are reloaded include:
+The following agent configuration options are reloadable at runtime.
+To make a Consul agent automatically reload these options when changed in its configuration files on disk,
+start the agent with its [`auto_reload_config` configuration option](/consul/docs/agent/config/config-files#auto_reload_config) set to `true`.
+You can also manually trigger reload with the [reload command](/commands/reload).
 
+Reloadable agent configuration options:
 - ACL Tokens
 - [Configuration Entry Bootstrap](/docs/agent/config/config-files#config_entries_bootstrap)
 - Checks