=item --compact
In addition to performing the copy operation, run L<xapian-compact(1)>
-on each Xapian partition after copying but before finalizing it.
+on each Xapian shard after copying but before finalizing it.
Compared to the cost of copying a Xapian database, compacting a
Xapian database takes only around 5% of the time required to copy.
=item --reshard=N / -R N
-Repartition the Xapian database on a L<v2|public-inbox-v2-format(5)>
-inbox to C<N> partitions. Since L<xapian-compact(1)> is not suitable
-for merging, users can rely on this switch to repartition the
+Reshard the Xapian database on a L<v2|public-inbox-v2-format(5)>
+inbox to C<N> shards . Since L<xapian-compact(1)> is not suitable
+for merging, users can rely on this switch to reshard the
existing Xapian database(s) to any positive value of C<N>.
This is useful in case the Xapian DB was created with too few or
-too many partitions given the capabilities of the current
-hardware.
+too many shards given the capabilities of the current hardware.
=item --blocksize / --no-full / --fuller