diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md index f857a65060..56ad5a7b4d 100644 --- a/docs/README.md +++ b/docs/README.md @@ -874,7 +874,6 @@ Steps for restoring from a snapshot: Send a request to `http://:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=`, where `` may contain any [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors) for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely. -After using the API all the time series matching the given selector will be deleted. Storage space for the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent [background merges of data files](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282). diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md index 6c8e0e8339..34d79e1c30 100644 --- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md +++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md @@ -876,8 +876,7 @@ Steps for restoring from a snapshot: Send a request to `http://:8428/api/v1/admin/tsdb/delete_series?match[]=`, where `` may contain any [time series selector](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/basics/#time-series-selectors) -for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely. -After using the API all the time series matching the given selector will be deleted. +for metrics to delete. Delete API doesn't support the deletion of specific time ranges, the series can only be deleted completely. Storage space for the deleted time series isn't freed instantly - it is freed during subsequent [background merges of data files](https://medium.com/@valyala/how-victoriametrics-makes-instant-snapshots-for-multi-terabyte-time-series-data-e1f3fb0e0282).