[couchdb-documentation] branch main updated: add a blurb about changing name (#596)

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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/main by this push:
     new 86046d2  add a blurb about changing name (#596)
86046d2 is described below

commit 86046d2494c5ab6ec3dfe8c252939cff06b20a0a
Author: Simon Dahlbacka <si...@ecraft.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Oct 5 20:57:10 2020 +0300

    add a blurb about changing name (#596)
---
 src/setup/cluster.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/setup/cluster.rst b/src/setup/cluster.rst
index 438799f..603d031 100644
--- a/src/setup/cluster.rst
+++ b/src/setup/cluster.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ environments.)
     Either properly set up DNS and use fully-qualified domain names, or
     use IP addresses. DNS and FQDNs are preferred.
 
+    Changing the name later is somewhat cumbersome (i.e. moving shards), which
+    is why you will want to set it once and not have to change it.
+
 Open ``etc/vm.args``, on all nodes, and add ``-kernel inet_dist_listen_min 9100``
 and ``-kernel inet_dist_listen_max 9200`` like below: