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 [[monitoring-general-settings]]
 ==== General monitoring settings
 
+`monitoring.cluster_alerts.email_notifications.email_address` {ess-icon}::
+When enabled, specifies the email address where you want to receive cluster alert notifications.
+
 `xpack.monitoring.enabled`::
 Set to `true` (default) to enable the {monitor-features} in {kib}. Unlike the
 `xpack.monitoring.ui.enabled` setting, when this setting is `false`, the