From 2e393cd5fdfbf3a85fced370b5c42315e86dad49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Or <andrewor14@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 15:45:38 -0800
Subject: Update documentation for externalSorting

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 docs/configuration.md | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index c1158491f0..40a57c4bc6 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -391,9 +391,8 @@ Apart from these, the following properties are also available, and may be useful
   <td>spark.shuffle.externalSorting</td>
   <td>true</td>
   <td>
-    If set to "true", spills in-memory maps used for shuffles to disk when a memory threshold is reached. This
-    threshold is specified by <code>spark.shuffle.memoryFraction</code>. Enable this especially for memory-intensive
-    applications.
+    If set to "true", limits the amount of memory used during reduces by spilling data out to disk. This spilling
+    threshold is specified by <code>spark.shuffle.memoryFraction</code>.
   </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
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