DOCS-561 & DOCS-551 reconfig repl set when members down: draft 4

Author: Bob Grabar

source/tutorial/reconfigure-replica-set-when-members-are-down.txt

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ or unreachable, you must manually change the set configuration as
 described in the procedures in this tutorial. Use the procedure
 appropriate to your version and situation.
 
-Reconfiguring when a *majority* of members are down can include
+Reconfiguring when a majority of members are down can include
 situations where you have a network partition and where neither side of
 the partition has a majority. In such cases the two sides of the
 partition cannot see each other when determining whether a majority
@@ -38,19 +38,16 @@ reconfiguration of the replica set.
 
 The ``force`` option manually reconfigures the set. The option is
 intended only for serious problems, such as a disaster recovery
-failover. Do not use ``force`` any time you reconfigure. Also, do not
-include ``force`` into any automatic scripts and do not use ``force``
+failover. Do not use ``force`` for more routine reconfigurations. Also,
+do not use ``force`` in any automatic scripts and do not use ``force``
 when there is still a primary.
 
 To force reconfiguration:
 
-1. Back up a surviving member, both for safety and to bring up more new
-   set members more easily.
+1. Back up a surviving member.
 
-#. Connect to any surviving member and save the current configuration
-   so that you can switch back to the old configuration once the members
-   are restored. Consider the following example commands for saving the
-   configuration:
+#. Connect to a surviving member and save the current configuration.
+   Consider the following example commands for saving the configuration:
 
    .. code-block:: javascript
 
@@ -84,10 +81,12 @@ To force reconfiguration:
       hundreds of thousands. This is normal and designed to prevent set
       version collisions if network partitioning ends.
 
-#. If any of the removed members come back online, there is the chance
-   they will elect a new primary, resulting in two primaries. To ensure
-   that the removed members do not elect a new primary, shut down or
-   decommission the removed members as soon as possible.
+#. If the failure or partition was only temporary, the removed members
+   will detect that they have been removed from the set. If any of the
+   removed members come back online, there is the chance they will elect
+   a new primary, resulting in two primaries. To ensure that the removed
+   members do not elect a new primary, shut down or decommission the
+   removed members as soon as possible.
 
 Reconfigure by Replacing the Replica Set
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