# Different values for index doc's count in kibana sense?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-values-for-index-docs-count-in-kibana-sense/91278>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 29, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-values-for-index-docs-count-in-kibana-sense/91278 "2017-06-29T12:20:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-values-for-index-docs-count-in-kibana-sense/91278/3 "2017-07-05T13:58:39Z")

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The doc count is summed up among all shards, including replicas. Since you have one replica per primary shard, this can inflate the doc count. Also note that there might also be a discrepancy in the case that you have `nested` mappings, which create implicity documents.

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