# Help with terminate\_after returns more results than must **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 12, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595 "2019-12-12T08:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AndriyImp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andriyimp/32/57480_2.png) [@AndriyImp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndriyImp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595/1 "2019-12-12T08:29:54Z")
Hi All! I have strange result when make my query request - on local all ok and works like expected, but on AWS haves issue - i set **terminate\_after** but it not works like expected, see attached screen. data = response['hits']['hits'] params = elasticsearch query ![Screenshot%20from%202019-12-12%2010-23-45](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/8/5818ad611c3ff7f276c29b98c3c50c429ca94245.png) any ideas why this give me **5 results insteed 1**?? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 8:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595/2 "2019-12-12T08:47:47Z")
`terminate_after` is per shard. My guess is that locally you're querying an index with 1 shard, while on AWS you're querying an index with 5 shards. ---
**Author:** ![AndriyImp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andriyimp/32/57480_2.png) [@AndriyImp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndriyImp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595/3 "2019-12-12T09:00:07Z")
m.... so main issue in indexing process? any ideas what parameter i need set (on idex or in search and what exact)? ---
**Author:** ![abdon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/abdon/32/9195_2.png) [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595/4 "2019-12-12T09:08:33Z")
When you [create an index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-create-index.html), you can provide a body with [settings](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/index-modules.html#index-modules-settings). One of those settings is `number_of_shards`. Prior to version 7, this defaulted to 5. As of version 7 now, this defaults to 1. Maybe that's what you're seeing? What is it you're trying to achieve exactly? If you only want to see one hit, you can use the `size` parameter instead of `terminate_after`. ---
**Author:** ![AndriyImp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andriyimp/32/57480_2.png) [@AndriyImp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndriyImp)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595/5 "2019-12-12T09:16:26Z")
thank! you help me again! )) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-with-terminate-after-returns-more-results-than-must/211595/6 "2020-01-09T09:16:29Z")
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