diff --git a/docs/reference/elasticsearch/jvm-settings.md b/docs/reference/elasticsearch/jvm-settings.md
index 838a3ad312a07..39cb2765ba449 100644
--- a/docs/reference/elasticsearch/jvm-settings.md
+++ b/docs/reference/elasticsearch/jvm-settings.md
@@ -139,9 +139,25 @@ If you are running {{es}} as a Windows service, you can change the heap size usi
 
 ## JVM heap dump path setting [heap-dump-path-setting]
 
-By default, {{es}} configures the JVM to dump the heap on out of memory exceptions to the default logs directory. On [RPM](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-rpm.md) and [Debian](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-debian-package.md) packages, the logs directory is `/var/log/elasticsearch`. On [Linux and MacOS](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-from-archive-on-linux-macos.md) and [Windows](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-zip-on-windows.md) distributions, the `logs` directory is located under the root of the {{es}} installation.
+Depending on your stack version, {{es}} configures the JVM to dump the heap on out of memory exceptions to the following location by default:
+
+* {applies_to}`stack: ga 9.1` The default logs directory 
+* {applies_to}`stack: ga 9.0` The default data directory
+
+Directory location:
+
+::::{tab-set}
+:::{tab-item} Logs directory
+* [RPM](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-rpm.md) and [Debian](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-debian-package.md) packages: `/var/log/elasticsearch`
+* [Linux and MacOS](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-from-archive-on-linux-macos.md) and [Windows](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-zip-on-windows.md) distributions: The `logs` directory at the root of the {{es}} installation
+:::
+:::{tab-item} Data directory
+* [RPM](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-rpm.md) and [Debian](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-debian-package.md) packages: `/var/lib/elasticsearch`
+* [Linux and MacOS](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-from-archive-on-linux-macos.md) and [Windows](docs-content://deploy-manage/deploy/self-managed/install-elasticsearch-with-zip-on-windows.md) distributions: The `data` directory at the root of the {{es}} installation
+:::
+::::
 
-If this path is not suitable for receiving heap dumps, add the `-XX:HeapDumpPath=...` entry in [`jvm.options`](#set-jvm-options):
+If this path is not suitable for receiving heap dumps, modify or add the `-XX:HeapDumpPath=...` entry in [`jvm.options`](#set-jvm-options):
 
 * If you specify a directory, the JVM will generate a filename for the heap dump based on the PID of the running instance.
 * If you specify a fixed filename instead of a directory, the file must not exist when the JVM needs to perform a heap dump on an out of memory exception. Otherwise, the heap dump will fail.