diff --git a/docs/multi-project/README.md b/docs/multi-project/README.md
index f961f44d3..1062e2c64 100644
--- a/docs/multi-project/README.md
+++ b/docs/multi-project/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,113 @@ configuration of the shadowed project.
     }
     ```
 
+## Making the Shadowed JAR the Default Artifact
 
+When a project needs to expose the shadowed JAR as its default output — so that consumers can
+depend on it without specifying the `shadow` configuration explicitly — you can reconfigure the
+[consumable configurations][gradle-consumable-configs] `apiElements` and `runtimeElements` to
+publish the shadowed JAR instead of the regular JAR.
 
+In the `foo` project (that produces the shadowed JAR):
+
+=== "Kotlin"
+
+    ```kotlin
+    plugins {
+      `java-library`
+      id("com.gradleup.shadow")
+    }
+
+    configurations {
+      named("apiElements") {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.shadowJar)
+      }
+      named("runtimeElements") {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.shadowJar)
+      }
+    }
+    ```
+
+=== "Groovy"
+
+    ```groovy
+    plugins {
+      id 'java-library'
+      id 'com.gradleup.shadow'
+    }
+
+    configurations {
+      apiElements {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+      }
+      runtimeElements {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+      }
+    }
+    ```
+
+Consuming projects can then depend on `:foo` without specifying the `shadow` configuration:
+
+=== "Kotlin"
+
+    ```kotlin
+    dependencies {
+      implementation(project(":foo"))
+    }
+    ```
+
+=== "Groovy"
+
+    ```groovy
+    dependencies {
+      implementation project(':foo')
+    }
+    ```
+
+If you want to exclude transitive dependencies that were bundled into the shadow JAR, you can add
+[`exclude` rules][gradle-exclude-rules] to the configurations as well:
+
+=== "Kotlin"
+
+    ```kotlin
+    configurations {
+      named("apiElements") {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.shadowJar)
+        exclude(group = "com.example", module = "bundled-library")
+      }
+      named("runtimeElements") {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.shadowJar)
+        exclude(group = "com.example", module = "bundled-library")
+      }
+    }
+    ```
+
+=== "Groovy"
+
+    ```groovy
+    configurations {
+      apiElements {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+        exclude group: 'com.example', module: 'bundled-library'
+      }
+      runtimeElements {
+        outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+        outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+        exclude group: 'com.example', module: 'bundled-library'
+      }
+    }
+    ```
+
+
+
+[gradle-consumable-configs]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/declaring_configurations.html#3_consumable_configurations
+[gradle-exclude-rules]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_downgrade_and_exclude.html#sec:excluding-transitive-deps
 [Jar]: https://docs.gradle.org/current/dsl/org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar.html
 [ShadowJar]: ../api/shadow/com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks/-shadow-jar/index.html
diff --git a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt
index f2d39283b..98dad41c1 100644
--- a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt
+++ b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt
@@ -171,6 +171,108 @@ class JavaPluginsTest : BasePluginTest() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Issue("https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/issues/1893")
+  @Test
+  fun shadowJarIsDefaultArtifactInMultiProjectBuild() {
+    settingsScript.appendText("include 'foo', 'consumer'$lineSeparator")
+    projectScript.writeText("")
+
+    path("foo/build.gradle")
+      .writeText(
+        """
+      ${getDefaultProjectBuildScript("java-library")}
+      dependencies {
+        implementation 'my:a:1.0'
+      }
+      configurations {
+        named('apiElements') {
+          outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+          outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+        }
+        named('runtimeElements') {
+          outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+          outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+        }
+      }
+      """
+          .trimIndent() + lineSeparator
+      )
+
+    path("consumer/build.gradle")
+      .writeText(
+        """
+      ${getDefaultProjectBuildScript("java")}
+      dependencies {
+        implementation project(':foo')
+      }
+      tasks.register('printClasspathFiles') {
+        doLast {
+          configurations.runtimeClasspath.files.each { println it.name }
+        }
+      }
+      """
+          .trimIndent() + lineSeparator
+      )
+
+    val result = runWithSuccess(":consumer:printClasspathFiles")
+    assertThat(result.output).all {
+      contains("foo-1.0-all.jar")
+      doesNotContain("foo-1.0.jar")
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Issue("https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/issues/1893")
+  @Test
+  fun excludeRulesPreventBundledDepsOnConsumerClasspath() {
+    settingsScript.appendText("include 'foo', 'consumer'$lineSeparator")
+    projectScript.writeText("")
+
+    path("foo/build.gradle")
+      .writeText(
+        """
+      ${getDefaultProjectBuildScript("java-library")}
+      dependencies {
+        implementation 'my:a:1.0'
+      }
+      configurations {
+        named('apiElements') {
+          outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+          outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+          exclude(group: 'my', module: 'a')
+        }
+        named('runtimeElements') {
+          outgoing.artifacts.clear()
+          outgoing.artifact(tasks.named('shadowJar'))
+          exclude(group: 'my', module: 'a')
+        }
+      }
+      """
+          .trimIndent() + lineSeparator
+      )
+
+    path("consumer/build.gradle")
+      .writeText(
+        """
+      ${getDefaultProjectBuildScript("java")}
+      dependencies {
+        implementation project(':foo')
+      }
+      tasks.register('printClasspathFiles') {
+        doLast {
+          configurations.runtimeClasspath.files.each { println it.name }
+        }
+      }
+      """
+          .trimIndent() + lineSeparator
+      )
+
+    val result = runWithSuccess(":consumer:printClasspathFiles")
+    assertThat(result.output).all {
+      contains("foo-1.0-all.jar")
+      doesNotContain("a-1.0.jar")
+    }
+  }
+
   @Issue("https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/issues/1606")
   @Test
   fun shadowExposedCustomSourceSetOutput() {