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DOCS-10382: Clarify text search phrase matching behaviour
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Add reference to `text-operator-phrases`
stennie Jan 19, 2019
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Clarify current behaviour as per SERVER-30163 (Additional terms in ph…
stennie Jan 19, 2019
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7 changes: 2 additions & 5 deletions source/reference/operator/query/text.txt
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Expand Up @@ -107,9 +107,7 @@ phrase in escaped double quotes (``\"``), as in:
"\"ssl certificate\""

If the ``$search`` string includes a phrase and individual terms, text
search will only match the documents that include the phrase. More
specifically, the search performs a logical ``AND`` of the phrase with
the individual terms in the search string.
search will only match the documents that include the phrase.

For example, passed a ``$search`` string:

Expand All @@ -118,8 +116,7 @@ For example, passed a ``$search`` string:
"\"ssl certificate\" authority key"

The :query:`$text` operator searches for the phrase ``"ssl
certificate"`` **and** (``"authority"`` **or** ``"key"`` **or**
``"ssl"`` **or** ``"certificate"`` ).
certificate"``.

.. _text-operator-term-negation:

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions source/text-search.txt
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Expand Up @@ -57,12 +57,17 @@ Exact Phrase
````````````

You can also search for exact phrases by wrapping them in double-quotes.
For example, the following will find all documents containing "java" or
If the ``$search`` string includes a phrase and individual terms, text search
will only match documents that include the phrase.

For example, the following will find all documents containing
"coffee shop":

.. code-block:: javascript

db.stores.find( { $text: { $search: "java \"coffee shop\"" } } )
db.stores.find( { $text: { $search: "\"coffee shop\"" } } )

For more information, see :ref:`text-operator-phrases`.

Term Exclusion
``````````````
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