diff --git a/docs/docs/20-usage/20-workflow-syntax.md b/docs/docs/20-usage/20-workflow-syntax.md
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+++ b/docs/docs/20-usage/20-workflow-syntax.md
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Some of the steps may be allowed to fail without causing the whole workflow and
 +    failure: ignore
 ```
 
-If you would like to cancel the full pipeline once the step fails, you can set `failure: cancel`.
+If you would like to cancel the full pipeline once the step fails, you can set `failure: cancel`. For the default behaviour, use `failure: fail`.
 
 ### `when` - Conditional Execution