From 816fcaed82a23b697a9ff3e5245748960c75f4e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naomi Pentrel <5212232+npentrel@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 21:54:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] DOCSP-13748 clarify numInitialChunk meaning

---
 source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt b/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt
index 66b09fabd77..d4594f82ba1 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt
@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ Definition
    
         - integer
    
-        - Specifies the number of chunks to create
-          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
           :ref:`hashed shard key <sharding-hashed-sharding>`. MongoDB
           will then create and balance chunks across the cluster. The
-          ``numInitialChunks`` must be less than ``8192`` per shard.
+          ``numInitialChunks`` must result in less than ``8192`` per shard.
           
           If the collection is not empty or the shard key does not
           contain a hashed field, the operation returns an error.