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source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ Definition
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- integer
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- - Specifies the number of chunks to create
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- initially when sharding an *empty* collection with a
+ - Specifies the initial number of chunks to create across all shards in
+ the cluster when sharding an *empty* collection with a
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:ref:`hashed shard key <sharding-hashed-sharding>`. MongoDB
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will then create and balance chunks across the cluster. The
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- ``numInitialChunks`` must be less than ``8192`` per shard.
+ ``numInitialChunks`` must result in less than ``8192`` per shard.
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If the collection is not empty or the shard key does not
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contain a hashed field, the operation returns an error.
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