From eda35f2c49ec3f8d4a67426c43464d1a06d572b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yessarath <30983230+yessarath@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:49:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] local backend example added

Example for local backend added.
---
 .../terraform/d/remote_state.html.md          | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/website/docs/providers/terraform/d/remote_state.html.md b/website/docs/providers/terraform/d/remote_state.html.md
index e3e6358c8..8ebc8d2f0 100644
--- a/website/docs/providers/terraform/d/remote_state.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/providers/terraform/d/remote_state.html.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ same limitations as the main backend configuration. You can use any number of
 `remote_state` data sources with differently configured backends, and you can
 use interpolations when configuring them.
 
-## Example Usage
+## Example Usage for remote backend
 
 ```hcl
 data "terraform_remote_state" "vpc" {
@@ -46,6 +46,30 @@ resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
 }
 ```
 
+## Example Usage for local backend
+
+```hcl
+data "terraform_remote_state" "vpc" {
+  backend = "local"
+
+  config = {
+    path = "..."
+  }
+}
+
+# Terraform >= 0.12
+resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
+  # ...
+  subnet_id = data.terraform_remote_state.vpc.outputs.subnet_id
+}
+
+# Terraform <= 0.11
+resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
+  # ...
+  subnet_id = "${data.terraform_remote_state.vpc.subnet_id}"
+}
+```
+
 ## Argument Reference
 
 The following arguments are supported: