diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/common/cluster.rst b/akka-docs/rst/common/cluster.rst index 633a152032..a311a19899 100644 --- a/akka-docs/rst/common/cluster.rst +++ b/akka-docs/rst/common/cluster.rst @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Vector Clocks `Vector clocks`_ are an algorithm for generating a partial ordering of events in a distributed system and detecting causality violations. -We use vector clocks to to reconcile and merge differences in cluster state +We use vector clocks to reconcile and merge differences in cluster state during gossiping. A vector clock is a set of (node, counter) pairs. Each update to the cluster state has an accompanying update to the vector clock.