From 240352ebf2782beea28c79667c26e6be1715e6ed 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 | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt b/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt index 41edbf82ec7..14c8e88cddf 100644 --- a/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt +++ b/source/reference/command/shardCollection.txt @@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ Definition * - ``numInitialChunks`` - integer - - - Specifies the number of chunks to create - initially when sharding an *empty* collection with a :ref:`hashed - shard key `. MongoDB will then create and - balance chunks across the cluster. The ``numInitialChunks`` must be - less than ``8192`` per shard. + + - 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 `. MongoDB + will then create and balance chunks across the cluster. The + ``numInitialChunks`` must result in less than ``8192`` per shard. .. versionchanged:: 4.0.3