Documenting HTTP headers setting (#7752) (#7772)

* Documenting HTTP `headers` setting * Moving headers section below username and password sections (cherry picked from commit 6071772)
elastic · Jul 27, 2018 · f3e6553 · f3e6553
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@@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ The username to use for basic authentication.
 
 The password to use for basic authentication.
 
+[float]
+==== `headers`
+
+A list of headers to use with the HTTP request. For example:
+
+[source,yaml]
+----
+headers:
+ Cookie: abcdef=123456
+ My-Custom-Header: my-custom-value
+----
+
 [float]
 ==== `bearer_token_file`