From f4a143d1387f9b4de841aa2460483157fc9baa5a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boaz Leskes Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:46:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify refresh parameter in the `_bulk` API See #11690 Closes #11691 --- docs/reference/docs/bulk.asciidoc | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/docs/bulk.asciidoc b/docs/reference/docs/bulk.asciidoc index aaf12079747..65552cc4278 100644 --- a/docs/reference/docs/bulk.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/docs/bulk.asciidoc @@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ The `refresh` parameter can be set to `true` in order to refresh the relevant primary and replica shards immediately after the bulk operation has occurred and make it searchable, instead of waiting for the normal refresh interval to expire. Setting it to `true` can trigger additional load, and may slow down -indexing. +indexing. Due to its costly nature, the `refresh` parameter is set on the bulk request level +and is not supported on each individual bulk item. [float] [[bulk-update]]