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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion source/core/sharded-clusters.txt
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Expand Up @@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ If you shard an empty collection using a hashed
shard key, MongoDB will automatically create and migrate chunks so
that each shard has two chunks. You can control how many chunks
MongoDB will create with the ``numInitialChunks`` parameter to
:dbcommand:`shardCollection`.
:dbcommand:`shardCollection`. Additionally, you can manually create
chunks on the empty collection using the :dbcommand:`split` command.

To shard a collection using a hashed shard key, see
:doc:`/tutorial/shard-collection-with-a-hashed-shard-key`.
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