@@ -80,14 +80,16 @@ The object body contains options for the alias. Supports an empty object.
8080`alias`::
8181(Required*, string) Alias for the action. Index alias names support
8282<<date-math-index-names,date math>>. If `aliases` is not specified, the `add`
83- and `remove` actions require this parameter. The `remove_index` action doesn't
84- support this parameter.
83+ and `remove` actions require this parameter. For the `remove` action, this
84+ parameter supports wildcards (`*`). The `remove_index` action doesn't support
85+ this parameter.
8586
8687`aliases`::
8788(Required*, array of strings) Aliases for the action. Index alias names support
8889<<date-math-index-names,date math>>. If `alias` is not specified, the `add` and
89- `remove` actions require this parameter. The `remove_index` action doesn't
90- support this parameter.
90+ `remove` actions require this parameter. For the `remove` action, this parameter
91+ supports wildcards (`*`). The `remove_index` action doesn't support this
92+ parameter.
9193
9294// tag::alias-options[]
9395`filter`::
@@ -99,13 +101,15 @@ Only the `add` action supports this parameter.
99101
100102`index`::
101103(Required*, string) Data stream or index for the action. Supports wildcards
102- (`*`). Wildcard patterns that match both data streams and indices return an
103- error. If `indices` is not specified, this parameter is required.
104+ (`*`). If `indices` is not specified, this parameter is required. For the `add`
105+ and `remove_index` actions, wildcard patterns that match both data streams and
106+ indices return an error.
104107
105108`indices`::
106109(Required*, array of strings) Data streams or indices for the action. Supports
107- wildcards (`*`). Wildcard patterns that match both data streams and indices
108- return an error. If `index` is not specified, this parameter is required.
110+ wildcards (`*`). If `index` is not specified, this parameter is required. For
111+ the `add` and `remove_index` actions, wildcard patterns that match both data
112+ streams and indices return an error.
109113
110114// tag::alias-options[]
111115`index_routing`::
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