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@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ The only similarities which can be used out of the box, without any further
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configuration are:
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`BM25`::
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- The Okapi BM25 algorithm. The algorithm used by default in Elasticsearch and Lucene.
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- See {defguide}/pluggable-similarites.html[Pluggable Similarity Algorithms]
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- for more information.
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+The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okapi_BM25[Okapi BM25 algorithm]. The
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+algorithm used by default in {es} and Lucene.
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`boolean`::
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- A simple boolean similarity, which is used when full-text ranking is not needed
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- and the score should only be based on whether the query terms match or not.
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- Boolean similarity gives terms a score equal to their query boost.
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+A simple boolean similarity, which is used when full-text ranking is not needed
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+and the score should only be based on whether the query terms match or not.
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+Boolean similarity gives terms a score equal to their query boost.
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The `similarity` can be set on the field level when a field is first created,
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