From 61d2b4d2552e32d57d3ed07fcc9afd024f57e5c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim DeFabia <jamesdefabia@lexisnexis.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 14:47:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] HPCC-16283 Document BUILD after MERGE

Signed-off-by: Jim DeFabia <jamesdefabia@lexisnexis.com>
---
 .../ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-MERGE.xml                   | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-MERGE.xml b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-MERGE.xml
index 67c96a10256..9fd42996221 100644
--- a/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-MERGE.xml
+++ b/docs/EN_US/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-MERGE.xml
@@ -169,9 +169,14 @@
   <emphasis>recordsetset</emphasis>. This is particularly useful for
   incremental data updates as it allows you to merge a smaller set of new
   records into an existing large dataset or index without having to re-process
-  all the source data again. The <emphasis>recordsetset</emphasis> form makes
-  merging a variable number of datasets possible when used inside a GRAPH
-  function.</para>
+  all the source data again. </para>
+
+  <para>The <emphasis>recordsetset</emphasis> form makes merging a variable
+  number of datasets possible when used inside a GRAPH function.</para>
+
+  <para>To write a MERGEd index to disk, you must use the BUILD action.</para>
+
+  <?hard-pagebreak ?>
 
   <para>Example:</para>
 
@@ -192,4 +197,6 @@ ds4 := MERGE(SetDS,SORTED(letter,number));
 OUTPUT(ds3);
 OUTPUT(ds4);
 </programlisting>
+
+  <para>See Also: <link linkend="BUILD">BUILD</link></para>
 </sect1>