diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py
index 561275f2844..db0e886344c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/gather_facts.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ options:
             - By default it will be true if more than one fact module is used.
             - For low cost/delay fact modules parallelism overhead might end up meaning the whole process takes longer.
               Test your specific case to see if it is a speed improvement or not.
+            - The C(ansible_facts_parallel) variable can be used to set this option,
+              overriding the default, but not the direct assignment of the option in the task.
         type: bool
 attributes:
     action: