From 3802ae9269ebb176806ef3e2348ccc7c7282cde7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:01:07 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] README.md: recommend checking which metrics will be deleted
 before deleting them

---
 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a346f02fb..87268df69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ where `<timeseries_selector_for_delete>` may contain any [time series selector](
 for metrics to delete. After that all the time series matching the given selector are deleted. Storage space for
 the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent merges of data files.
 
+It is recommended verifying which metrics will be deleted with the call to `http://<victoria-metrics-addr>:8428/api/v1/series?match[]=<timeseries_selector_for_delete>`
+before actually deleting the metrics.
+
 
 ### How to export time series?