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documentation fix: index exists is ambiguous (#28460)

Arne Neumann 7 years ago
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 The HTTP status code indicates if the index exists or not. A `404` means
 it does not exist, and `200` means it does.
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+IMPORTANT: This request does not distinguish between an index and an alias,
+i.e. status code `200` is also returned if an alias exists with that name.