diff --git a/doc/user/project/repository/web_editor.md b/doc/user/project/repository/web_editor.md
index 19bf63497935cf3f332ec16a08f08716d28134b4..05bc0207fa943803400d4454be7e9c4dd649616a 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/repository/web_editor.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/repository/web_editor.md
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ There are multiple ways to create a branch from the GitLab web interface.
 If your development workflow requires an issue for every merge
 request, you can create a branch directly from the issue to speed the process up.
 The new branch, and later its merge request, are marked as related to this issue.
-Once merged, the merge request closes the issue.
+After merging the merge request, the issue is closed automatically, unless [automatic issue closing is disabled](../issues/managing_issues.md#disable-automatic-issue-closing).
 You can see a **Create merge request** dropdown below the issue description.
 
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