# Bug in documentation?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 5, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454 "2015-12-05T22:11:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![abhijat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abhijat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhijat)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454/1 "2015-12-05T22:11:06Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/setup.html#jvm-version](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.1/setup.html#jvm-version)

First line in the above link says, that Java 8 is minimum and yet the other line says that it can work with Java 7 update 55 or later.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454/2 "2015-12-05T22:27:16Z")

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Yes. It's a bug.

In 2.x branches Java 7 is ok. Although Java 8 is recommended.

Wanna open an issue or send a pr ?

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**Author:** ![abhijat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abhijat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhijat)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454/3 "2015-12-05T22:28:32Z")

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Sure... But can you show me how to do either one of those please? Not done it before.

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**Author:** ![abhijat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abhijat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abhijat)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454/4 "2015-12-05T23:57:42Z")

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Here is the issue: [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/15261](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/15261)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bug-in-documentation/36454/5 "2017-07-05T23:33:19Z")

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