update documentation

explain better what happens with the view index when documents
in a view are being processed

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst b/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst
index f94d65647..4e3b72c42 100644
--- a/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst
+++ b/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst
@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ simultaneous client readers, who can read and query the view while the index
 is concurrently being refreshed for other clients without causing problems
 for the readers.
 
-As documents are examined, their previous row values are removed from the
-view indexes, if they exist. If the document is selected by a view function,
-the function results are inserted into the view as a new row.
+As documents are processed by the view engine through your 'map' and 'reduce'
+functions, their previous row values are removed from the view indexes, if
+they exist. If the document is selected by a view function, the function results
+are inserted into the view as a new row.
 
 When view index changes are written to disk, the updates are always appended
 at the end of the file, serving to both reduce disk head seek times during