From c5f4f91ac42f74eecc00044557fb3a663b2ba8ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Rodewig <40268737+jrodewig@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 12:46:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Clarify reindex does not require existing dest --- docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc index 0a792a9f40d..c5583d46578 100644 --- a/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/docs/reindex.asciidoc @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ different. For example, you cannot reindex a data stream into itself. Reindex requires <> to be enabled for all documents in the source. -The destination must exist and should be configured as wanted before calling `_reindex`. +The destination should be configured as wanted before calling `_reindex`. Reindex does not copy the settings from the source or its associated template. Mappings, shard counts, replicas, and so on must be configured ahead of time.