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 [[stopping-elasticsearch]]
-=== Stopping Elasticsearch
+== Stopping Elasticsearch
 
 An orderly shutdown of Elasticsearch ensures that Elasticsearch has a chance to cleanup and close
 outstanding resources. For example, a node that is shutdown in an orderly fashion will remove itself