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@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ GET /_snapshot/my_backup/snapshot_1/_status
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While snapshot info method returns only basic information about the snapshot in progress, the snapshot status returns
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complete breakdown of the current state for each shard participating in the snapshot.
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-The restore process piggybacks on the standard recovery mechanism of the Elasticsearch. As a result, standard recovery
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-monitoring services can be used to monitor the state of restore. When restore operation is executed the cluster
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-typically goes into `red` state. It happens because the restore operation starts with "recovering" primary shards of the
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-restored indices. During this operation the primary shards become unavailable which manifests itself in the `red` cluster
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-state. Once recovery of primary shards is completed Elasticsearch is switching to standard replication process that
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-creates the required number of replicas at this moment cluster switches to the `yellow` state. Once all required replicas
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-are created, the cluster switches to the `green` states.
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+The restore process piggybacks on the standard recovery mechanism of the
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+Elasticsearch. As a result, standard recovery monitoring services can be used
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+to monitor the state of restore. When the restore operation is executed the
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+cluster typically goes into `yellow` state because the restore operation works
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+by recovering primary shards of the restored indices. Once the recovery of the
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+primary shards is completed Elasticsearch switches to the standard replication
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+process that creates the required number of replicas. Once all required
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+replicas are created, the cluster switches to the `green` states.
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The cluster health operation provides only a high level status of the restore process. It's possible to get more
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detailed insight into the current state of the recovery process by using <<indices-recovery, index recovery>> and
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@@ -86,4 +87,4 @@ repositories require write global metadata access. The snapshot operation requir
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well as the global metadata were readable. The restore operation requires the global metadata to be writable, however
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the index level blocks are ignored during restore because indices are essentially recreated during restore.
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Please note that a repository content is not part of the cluster and therefore cluster blocks don't affect internal
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-repository operations such as listing or deleting snapshots from an already registered repository.
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+repository operations such as listing or deleting snapshots from an already registered repository.
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