From 4c9b2a26ae1de051cce83f4aea2527dfa8c00c53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ville=20Skytt=C3=A4?= <ville.skytta@upcloud.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 09:31:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Note Get* behavior on parse failure

Even though it's kind of evident as these functions don't return an
error, it can still come as a surprise.
---
 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06cef7284..b96180b3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ One important thing to recognize is that each Get function will return a zero
 value if it’s not found. To check if a given key exists, the `IsSet()` method
 has been provided.
 
+The zero value will also be returned if the value is set, but fails to parse
+as the requested type.
+
 Example:
 ```go
 viper.GetString("logfile") // case-insensitive Setting & Getting