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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt
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- 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.
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