# Unexpected highlighted words matching with value of index.query.default\_field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-highlighted-words-matching-with-value-of-index-query-default-field/41857>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 16, 2016, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-highlighted-words-matching-with-value-of-index-query-default-field/41857 "2016-02-16T08:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![dandrestor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@dandrestor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dandrestor)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unexpected-highlighted-words-matching-with-value-of-index-query-default-field/41857/4 "2016-12-15T08:03:30Z")

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Nope, looks unrelated.

I posted [Highlighting wrong when index.query.default\_field is set](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-wrong-when-index-query-default-field-is-set/69125) in the Elasticsearch forum where hopefully this will get looked at by the right people.

//Dan

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