From cb0003ff6c4fab8fe3518f2bb324950db62380ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Veatch Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:21:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that aliases and indices can't share names --- docs/reference/indices/aliases.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/aliases.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/aliases.asciidoc index 7312de48c5c..9a65c89837d 100644 --- a/docs/reference/indices/aliases.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/indices/aliases.asciidoc @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ converting the alias name to the actual index name. An alias can also be mapped to more than one index, and when specifying it, the alias will automatically expand to the aliases indices. An alias can also be associated with a filter that will automatically be applied when -searching, and routing values. +searching, and routing values. An alias cannot have the same name as an index. Here is a sample of associating the alias `alias1` with index `test1`: