# What means a hits.total.value of -1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-means-a-hits-total-value-of-1/364961>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 15, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-means-a-hits-total-value-of-1/364961 "2024-08-15T14:14:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-means-a-hits-total-value-of-1/364961/1 "2024-08-15T14:14:05Z")

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When hits.total.value is 0 there are no matching documents for the query ( in my case a simple multi\_match query over a three text fields with Fuzziness.AUTO). But what does it mean if hits.total.value is -1?