diff --git a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/README.md b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/README.md
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--- a/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/elasticsearchexporter/README.md
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ The behaviour of this bulk indexing can be configured with the following setting
 
 - `num_workers` (default=runtime.NumCPU()): Number of workers publishing bulk requests concurrently.
 - `flush`: Event bulk indexer buffer flush settings
-  - `bytes` (default=5000000): Write buffer flush size limit.
+  - `bytes` (default=5000000): Write buffer flush size limit. A bulk request will be sent immediately when its buffer exceeds this limit. This value should be much lower than [Elasticsearch `http.max_content_length`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-network.html#http-settings) config to avoid HTTP 413 Entity Too Large error. It is recommended to keep this value under 5MB.
   - `interval` (default=30s): Write buffer flush time limit.
 - `retry`: Elasticsearch bulk request retry settings
   - `enabled` (default=true): Enable/Disable request retry on error. Failed requests are retried with exponential backoff.