HDFS-16730. Update the doc that append to EC files is supported (#4749)
Co-authored-by: Ashutosh Gupta <ashugpt@amazon.com>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md
index 7d26883..d28aefd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/site/markdown/HDFSErasureCoding.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
are not supported on erasure coded files due to substantial technical
challenges.
-* `append()` and `truncate()` on an erasure coded file will throw `IOException`.
+* `append()` and `truncate()` on an erasure coded file will throw `IOException`. However, with `NEW_BLOCK` flag enabled, append to a closed striped file is supported.
* `concat()` will throw `IOException` if files are mixed with different erasure
coding policies or with replicated files.
* `setReplication()` is no-op on erasure coded files.
