diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
index 63c4af44..a520afaa 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-gateway.adoc
@@ -706,6 +706,10 @@ spring:
 
 This will remove the `X-Response-Foo` header from the response before it is returned to the gateway client.
 
+To remove any kind of sensitive header you should configure this filter for any routes that you may
+want to do so.  In addition you can configure this filter once using `spring.cloud.gateway.default-filters`
+and have it applied to all routes.
+
 === RewritePath GatewayFilter Factory
 The RewritePath GatewayFilter Factory takes a path `regexp` parameter and a `replacement` parameter. This uses Java regular expressions for a flexible way to rewrite the request path.
 
@@ -988,6 +992,22 @@ public RouteLocator routes(RouteLocatorBuilder builder) {
 ----
 
 
+=== Default Filters
+
+If you would like to add a filter and apply it to all routes you can use `spring.cloud.gateway.default-filters`.
+This property takes a list of filters
+
+.application.yml
+[source,yaml]
+----
+spring:
+  cloud:
+    gateway:
+      default-filters:
+      - AddResponseHeader=X-Response-Default-Foo, Default-Bar
+      - PrefixPath=/httpbin
+----
+
 == Global Filters
 
 The `GlobalFilter` interface has the same signature as `GatewayFilter`. These are special filters that are conditionally applied to all routes. (This interface and usage are subject to change in future milestones).