From a6e42566738153fb1b279324a3306fd70983119a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Johnson <palehose@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:58:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [3006.x] Clarify that state.apply with no arguments runs a
 highstate

---
 salt/modules/state.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/salt/modules/state.py b/salt/modules/state.py
index 72baf47f488b..ca86bcc62dc1 100644
--- a/salt/modules/state.py
+++ b/salt/modules/state.py
@@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ def apply_(mods=None, **kwargs):
 
     .. rubric:: APPLYING ALL STATES CONFIGURED IN TOP.SLS (A.K.A. :ref:`HIGHSTATE <running-highstate>`)
 
-    To apply all configured states, simply run ``state.apply``:
+    To apply all configured states, simply run ``state.apply`` with no SLS
+    targets, like so:
 
     .. code-block:: bash