From 3b41b98ee4b6f4622b40c9e5784bc070c66fe723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arne Neumann Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 22:14:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] documentation fix: index exists is ambiguous (#28460) --- docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc b/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc index 184c649c279..29bf2847b02 100644 --- a/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/indices/indices-exists.asciidoc @@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ HEAD twitter The HTTP status code indicates if the index exists or not. A `404` means it does not exist, and `200` means it does. + +IMPORTANT: This request does not distinguish between an index and an alias, +i.e. status code `200` is also returned if an alias exists with that name.