clarify loki source file doesn't handle discovery (#4787)

* clarify loki source file doesn't handle discovery * Update docs/sources/flow/reference/components/loki.source.file.md Co-authored-by: Clayton Cornell <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Clayton Cornell <[email protected]> (cherry picked from commit 883d569)
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@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ v0.35.4 (2023-08-14)
 
 - Fix issue where corrupt WAL segments lead to crash looping. (@tpaschalis)
 
+- Clarify usage documentation surrounding `loki.source.file` (@joshuapare)
+
 v0.35.3 (2023-08-09)
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diff --git a/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/loki.source.file.md b/docs/sources/flow/reference/components/loki.source.file.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ title: loki.source.file
 Multiple `loki.source.file` components can be specified by giving them
 different labels.
 
+{{% admonition type="note" %}}
+`loki.source.file` does not handle file discovery. You can use `local.file_match` for file discovery. Refer to the [File Globbing](#file-globbing) example for more information.
+{{% /admonition %}}
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 ## Usage
 
 ```river
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     - Fix issue where corrupt WAL segments lead to crash looping. (@tpaschalis)
+    - Clarify usage documentation surrounding `loki.source.file` (@joshuapare)
     v0.35.3 (2023-08-09)
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