From d6cfefaea7a001909f7b949faa62d6ab2e689324 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glen Smith Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 10:52:49 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify preference docs This commit clarifies the preference docs regarding the explanation of how operations are routed by default. In particular, the previous use of "shard replicas" was confusing as it could imply an operation would only be routed to replicas by default. Relates #23794 --- docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc index ea9f4fea8751b..d0f60d700a82c 100644 --- a/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/search/request/preference.asciidoc @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ [[search-request-preference]] === Preference -Controls a `preference` of which shard replicas to execute the search -request on. By default, the operation is randomized between the shard -replicas. +Controls a `preference` of which shard copies on which to execute the +search. By default, the operation is randomized among the available shard copies. The `preference` is a query string parameter which can be set to: