diff --git a/source/reference/operator/aggregation/densify.txt b/source/reference/operator/aggregation/densify.txt
index 2b8648a2697..4e58530f643 100644
--- a/source/reference/operator/aggregation/densify.txt
+++ b/source/reference/operator/aggregation/densify.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ The :pipeline:`$densify` stage takes a document with these fields:
        Documents that do not contain the specified ``field`` continue
        through the pipeline unmodified.
 
+       .. include:: /includes/use-dot-notation.rst
+
        For restrictions, see :ref:`densify-field-restrictions`.
 
    * - :ref:`partitionByFields <densify-partition-by-fields>`