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source/reference/command/compact.txt
@@ -207,9 +207,10 @@ You cannot issue :dbcommand:`compact` against a :binary:`~bin.mongos` instance.
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Capped Collections
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-It is not possible or necessary to compact :term:`capped collections <capped
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-collection>` because they lack padding and their documents cannot grow.
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-As a result, they cannot become fragmented.
+On :ref:`MMAPv1 <storage-mmapv1>`, it is not possible to compact :term:`capped collections <capped
+collection>`.
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+On :ref:`WiredTiger <storage-wiredtiger>`, the :dbcommand:`compact` command will attempt to compact the collection.
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Index Building
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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