diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index d0c6e2bd7..c90f5a9ad 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ Compatibility ------------- Language clients are forward compatible; meaning that clients support communicating -with greater minor versions of Elasticsearch. Elastic language clients are also backwards -compatible with lesser supported minor Elasticsearch versions. +with greater or equal minor versions of Elasticsearch. Elasticsearch language clients +are only backwards compatible with default distributions and without guarantees made. If you have a need to have multiple versions installed at the same time older versions are also released as ``elasticsearch2`` and ``elasticsearch5``. diff --git a/docs/guide/overview.asciidoc b/docs/guide/overview.asciidoc index c2c898254..9d6ff6930 100644 --- a/docs/guide/overview.asciidoc +++ b/docs/guide/overview.asciidoc @@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ on https://elasticsearch-py.readthedocs.io[Read the Docs]. === Compatibility Language clients are forward compatible; meaning that clients support communicating -with greater minor versions of Elasticsearch. - -Elastic language clients are also backwards compatible with lesser supported -minor Elasticsearch versions. +with greater or equal minor versions of Elasticsearch. Elasticsearch language clients +are only backwards compatible with default distributions and without guarantees made. If you have a need to have multiple versions installed at the same time older versions are also released as `elasticsearch2` and `elasticsearch5`. diff --git a/docs/sphinx/index.rst b/docs/sphinx/index.rst index 3c189e7c6..985a182da 100644 --- a/docs/sphinx/index.rst +++ b/docs/sphinx/index.rst @@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ Compatibility ------------- Language clients are forward compatible; meaning that clients support communicating -with greater minor versions of Elasticsearch. - -Elastic language clients are also backwards compatible with lesser supported -minor Elasticsearch versions. +with greater or equal minor versions of Elasticsearch. Elasticsearch language clients +are only backwards compatible with default distributions and without guarantees made. If you have a need to have multiple versions installed at the same time older versions are also released as ``elasticsearch2``, ``elasticsearch5`` and ``elasticsearch6``.