From 8641144375f0c21c0b2e79a56fe50f3ab8238dc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Scheib <37306894+sscheib@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:00:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adding note about implicit groups (#82580)

clarifying usage in conjunction with use_group_vars
---
 changelogs/fragments/82580_constructed.yml   | 2 ++
 lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/constructed.py | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 changelogs/fragments/82580_constructed.yml

diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/82580_constructed.yml b/changelogs/fragments/82580_constructed.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22a57a7287e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/82580_constructed.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - "constructed inventory plugin - Adding a note that only group_vars of explicit groups are loaded (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/82580)."
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/constructed.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/constructed.py
index 6a7ec2c2190..98f6178594d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/constructed.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/constructed.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
                 - The host_group_vars (enabled by default) 'vars plugin' is the one responsible for reading host_vars/ and group_vars/ directories.
                 - This will execute all vars plugins, even those that are not supposed to execute at the 'inventory' stage.
                   See vars plugins docs for details on 'stage'.
+                - Implicit groups, such as 'all' or 'ungrouped', need to be explicitly defined in any previous inventory to apply the
+                  corresponding group_vars
             required: false
             default: false
             type: boolean