diff --git a/conf/storage-conf.xml b/conf/storage-conf.xml index 6b7c3774a0..3f40016262 100644 --- a/conf/storage-conf.xml +++ b/conf/storage-conf.xml @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ ~ (To get the closest approximation to 0.3-style supercolumns, you ~ would use CompareWith=UTF8Type CompareSubcolumnsWith=LongType.) - ~ If FlushPeriodInMinutes is configured and positive, it will be - ~ flushed to disk with that period whether it is dirty or not. This - ~ is intended for lightly-used columnfamilies so that they do not + ~ If FlushPeriodInMinutes is positive, it will be + ~ flushed to disk with that period even if the memtable has not + ~ exceeded the size or count thresholds, so that it does not ~ prevent commitlog segments from being purged. -->