From 60865a1194403d7929650134a4b628e9d6387339 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kibana Machine <42973632+kibanamachine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:01:59 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] [8.17] Remove mention of (secure) settings qualifier from
 docs (#201900) (#202076)

# Backport

This will backport the following commits from `main` to `8.17`:
- [Remove mention of (secure) settings qualifier from docs
(#201900)](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/201900)

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Co-authored-by: Brad White <Ikuni17@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 docs/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc b/docs/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc
index 63d0465db9a0a..4dc80b097b694 100644
--- a/docs/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/setup/secure-settings.asciidoc
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ keystore, and the `kibana-keystore` tool to manage the settings in the keystore.
 [NOTE]
 ====
 * Run all commands as the user who runs {kib}.
-* Only the settings with the `(Secure)` qualifier should be stored in the keystore.
-   Unsupported, extraneous or invalid JSON-string settings cause {kib} to fail to start up.
+* Any valid {kib} setting can be stored in the keystore securely.
+   Unsupported, extraneous or invalid settings will cause {kib} to fail to start up.
 ====
 
 [float]