From 001deb17d5e75aef6d64aadd5de1d784b040ad85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Sparrow <793763+sparrowt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 10:56:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Clarify README docs for template_name and templates

Clarify when the index template is created and what 'hash' means (this was not at all obvious to me as a newcomber to Ruby - not all fluentd users will know Ruby)
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 README.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c1b635..f021684 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ into same document with data1 as wanted and duplicated document is avoided.
 
 ### template_name
 
-The name of the template to define. If a template by the name given is already present, it will be left unchanged, unless [template_overwrite](#template_overwrite) is set, in which case the template will be updated.
+The name of the index template to create on fluentd startup. If a template by the name given is already present, it will be left unchanged, unless [template_overwrite](#template_overwrite) is set, in which case the template will be updated.
 
 This parameter along with template_file allow the plugin to behave similarly to Logstash (it installs a template at creation time) so that raw records are available. See [https://github.com/uken/fluent-plugin-elasticsearch/issues/33](https://github.com/uken/fluent-plugin-elasticsearch/issues/33).
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ The path to the file containing the template to install.
 
 ### templates
 
-Specify index templates in form of hash. Can contain multiple templates.
+Specify index templates (to be created on startup) in the form of a Ruby hash (accepts JSON dict). Can contain multiple templates.
 
 ```
 templates { "template_name_1": "path_to_template_1_file", "template_name_2": "path_to_template_2_file"}

From ca32595d042d5bf316435b0531c0282e4d0b31a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Sparrow <793763+sparrowt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 15:21:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Review comment on description of 'templates'

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 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f021684..1db2cb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ The path to the file containing the template to install.
 
 ### templates
 
-Specify index templates (to be created on startup) in the form of a Ruby hash (accepts JSON dict). Can contain multiple templates.
+Specify index templates (to be created on startup) in the form of a hash (accepts JSON dict). Can contain multiple templates.
 
 ```
 templates { "template_name_1": "path_to_template_1_file", "template_name_2": "path_to_template_2_file"}