From 6a101a92860bdfb41337d13976f753c656d165c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Bell <rayjohnbell0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:47:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] DOC: zarr note on encoding (#5427)

---
 xarray/core/dataset.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xarray/core/dataset.py b/xarray/core/dataset.py
index 4a0f4cbd772..dbffc9c3002 100644
--- a/xarray/core/dataset.py
+++ b/xarray/core/dataset.py
@@ -2001,6 +2001,10 @@ def to_zarr(
             If not other chunks are found, Zarr uses its own heuristics to
             choose automatic chunk sizes.
 
+        encoding:
+            The encoding attribute (if exists) of the DataArray(s) will be
+            used. Override any existing encodings by providing the ``encoding`` kwarg.
+
         See Also
         --------
         :ref:`io.zarr`