diff --git a/engine/swarm/join-nodes.md b/engine/swarm/join-nodes.md index e23053e91e..df622796d2 100644 --- a/engine/swarm/join-nodes.md +++ b/engine/swarm/join-nodes.md @@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ title: Join nodes to a swarm --- When you first create a swarm, you place a single Docker Engine (Engine) into -swarm mode. To take full advantage of swarm mode you can add nodes to the swarm: +swarm mode. To take full advantage of swarm mode, you can: -* Adding worker nodes increases capacity. When you deploy a service to a swarm, +* Add worker nodes to the swarm to increase capacity. When you deploy a service to a swarm, the Engine schedules tasks on available nodes whether they are worker nodes or manager nodes. When you add workers to your swarm, you increase the scale of the swarm to handle tasks without affecting the manager raft consenus. -* Manager nodes increase fault-tolerance. Manager nodes perform the +* Add Manager nodes to the swarm to increase fault-tolerance. Manager nodes perform the orchestration and cluster management functions for the swarm. Among manager nodes, a single leader node conducts orchestration tasks. If a leader node goes down, the remaining manager nodes elect a new leader and resume