[DOCS] Correct the documented behaviour of track_total_hits (#62837) (#62867)

jrodewig · AndyHunt66 · web-flow · commit 20630b0088e6 · 2020-09-24T09:18:38.000-04:00
If `track_total_hits=true` is used, the exact value of the number of hits is returned - i.e. the value is effectively limitless, and not the default value of 10,000

Co-authored-by: AndyHunt66 &lt;andrew.hunt@elastic.co&gt;
diff --git a/docs/reference/search/search.asciidoc b/docs/reference/search/search.asciidoc
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ the scores are not used for sorting. Defaults to `false`.
 (Optional, integer or boolean)
 Number of hits matching the query to count accurately. Defaults to `10000`.
 +
-If `true`, the default value is used. If `false`, the response does not
+If `true`, the exact number of hits is returned. If `false`, the response does not
 include the total number of hits matching the query.
 
 `typed_keys`::

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@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ the scores are not used for sorting. Defaults to `false`.
`288`	`288`	`(Optional, integer or boolean)`
`289`	`289`	Number of hits matching the query to count accurately. Defaults to `10000`.
`290`	`290`	`+`
`291`		-If `true`, the default value is used. If `false`, the response does not
	`291`	+If `true`, the exact number of hits is returned. If `false`, the response does not
`292`	`292`	`include the total number of hits matching the query.`
`293`	`293`
`294`	`294`	`typed_keys`::