From 566f22a34ef92b226222852c4043aedec3bc155f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pam Selle <204372+pselle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 16:09:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Docs around splat

---
 website/docs/configuration/expressions.html.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/website/docs/configuration/expressions.html.md b/website/docs/configuration/expressions.html.md
index d53b23f34f..cdb06176cd 100644
--- a/website/docs/configuration/expressions.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/configuration/expressions.html.md
@@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ be accessed using a [`for` expression](#for-expressions).
 * `[for value in aws_instance.example: value.id]` returns a list of all of the ids
   of each of the instances.
 
+Note that unlike `count`, splat expressions are _not_ directly applicable to resources managed with `for_each`, as splat expressions are for lists only. You may apply a splat expression to values in a map like so:
+
+* `values(aws_instance.example)[*].id`
+
 ### Local Named Values
 
 Within the bodies of certain expressions, or in some other specific contexts,