From d591bb9812f246207da12567595767755666f1f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pritho <23241510+pritho@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:16:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] issues/3066 - add include description

---
 docs/_docs/02_features/locals.md | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/_docs/02_features/locals.md b/docs/_docs/02_features/locals.md
index abebbae6f..a45301bc8 100644
--- a/docs/_docs/02_features/locals.md
+++ b/docs/_docs/02_features/locals.md
@@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ locals {
 Currently you can only reference `locals` defined in the same config file. `terragrunt` does not automatically include
 `locals` defined in the parent config of an `include` block into the current context. If you wish to reuse variables
 globally, consider using `yaml` or `json` files that are included and merged using the `terraform` built in functions
-available to `terragrunt`.
+available to `terragrunt`. Find an example below.
 
-For example, suppose you had the following directory tree:
+Another alternative may be using the option `merge_strategy = "deep"` of the [`include` configuration block](https://terragrunt.gruntwork.io/docs/reference/config-blocks-and-attributes/#include).
+
+**Example for using `yaml` or `json` files:**
+
+Suppose you had the following directory tree:
 
 ```
 .