Documentation: comments in index templates (#20701)

Fixes #20513
2016-10-08 12:38:45 +02:00 · 2016-10-08 12:38:45 +02:00 · 4bf45e53a5
parent 22f1acde94
commit 4bf45e53a5
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--- a/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/indices/templates.asciidoc
@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ PUT _template/template_1
 // CONSOLE
 // TESTSETUP

+NOTE: Index templates provide C-style /* */ block comments. Comments are allowed
+everywhere in the JSON document except before to the initial opening curly bracket. 
+
 Defines a template named template_1, with a template pattern of `te*`.
 The settings and mappings will be applied to any index name that matches
 the `te*` template.