From df751a5db7bfe654aa10bf4472f334617cc0d9a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stef Nestor <26751266+stefnestor@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:15:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] test

---
 .../java/org/elasticsearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java   | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java
index 06bb1439be4e6..f58ee757cc511 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/ShardLimitValidator.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodeRole;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ReferenceDocs;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ValidationException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -296,7 +297,8 @@ static String errorMessageFrom(Result result) {
             + result.maxShardsInCluster
             + "] maximum "
             + result.group
-            + " shards open";
+            + " shards open; for more information, see "
+            + ReferenceDocs.MAX_SHARDS_PER_NODE;
     }
 
     /**