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Update max local storage nodes docs

This commit updates the max local storage nodes docs to reflect that the
default is now one after 1f0673c9bd7e26ddf5ce55c6a184db2dbf4c778a.

Relates #20029
Jason Tedor 9 years ago
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@@ -281,21 +281,16 @@ your data! The RPM and Debian distributions do this for you already.
 [[max-local-storage-nodes]]
 === `node.max_local_storage_nodes`
 
-The <<data-path,data path>> can be shared by multiple nodes, even by nodes
-from different clusters.  This is very useful for testing failover and
-different configurations on your development machine.  In production, however,
-it is recommended to run only one node of Elasticsearch per server.
+The <<data-path,data path>> can be shared by multiple nodes, even by nodes from different
+clusters. This is very useful for testing failover and different configurations on your development
+machine. In production, however, it is recommended to run only one node of Elasticsearch per server.
 
-To prevent more than one node from sharing the same data path, add this
-setting to the `elasticsearch.yml` config file:
+By default, Elasticsearch is configured to prevent more than one node from sharing the same data
+path. To allow for more than one node (e.g., on your development machine), use the setting
+`node.max_local_storage_nodes` and set this to a positve integer larger than one.
 
-[source,yaml]
-------------------------------
-node.max_local_storage_nodes: 1
-------------------------------
-
-WARNING: Never run different node types (i.e. master, data) from the
-same data directory. This can lead to unexpected data loss.
+WARNING: Never run different node types (i.e. master, data) from the same data directory. This can
+lead to unexpected data loss.
 
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 == Other node settings