website: update backends changing state env behavior

2017-03-01 21:54:47 -08:00 · 2017-03-01 21:54:47 -08:00 · 44d7d2d5b8
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--- a/website/source/docs/backends/config.html.md
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@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ the reinitialization process, Terraform will ask if you'd like to migrate
 your existing state to the new configuration. This allows you to easily
 switch from one backend to another.

+If you're using [state environments](/docs/state/environments.html),
+Terraform is able to copy all environments to the destination. If Terraform
+detects you have multiple states, it will ask if this is what you want to do.
+
 If you're just reconfiguring the same backend, Terraform will still ask if you
 want to migrate your state. You can respond "no" in this scenario.