From 0a983597763985ead07bfcbfbc56b74381501ddc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Megan Wilhite <mwilhite@vmware.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:51:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for external pillar cmd json

---
 salt/pillar/cmd_json.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/salt/pillar/cmd_json.py b/salt/pillar/cmd_json.py
index 11101dbeb7c..50fbdee27f4 100644
--- a/salt/pillar/cmd_json.py
+++ b/salt/pillar/cmd_json.py
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 """
 Execute a command and read the output as JSON. The JSON data is then directly overlaid onto the minion's Pillar data.
+
+
+Configuring the CMD_JSON ext_pillar
+====================================
+
+Set the following Salt config to setup cmd json result as external pillar source:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  ext_pillar:
+    - cmd_json: 'echo {\"arg\":\"value\"}'
+
+This will run the command ``echo {arg: value}`` on the master.
+
+
+Module Documentation
+====================
+
 """
 
 import logging