diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java index 1e4f79f..46b59f5 100644 --- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java +++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Delete.java @@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ public class Delete extends Mutation implements Comparable { *

* If no further operations are done, this will delete everything * associated with the specified row (all versions of all columns in all - * families). + * families), with timestamp from current point in time to the past. + * Cells defining timestamp for a future point in time + * (timestamp > current time) will not be deleted. * @param row row key */ public Delete(byte [] row) {