Fix polling interval docs (#4988)

* Fix polling conf docs * Update docs/configuration/metastore-config.md Co-authored-by: Adrien Guillo <[email protected]> * Update docs/configuration/metastore-config.md Co-authored-by: Adrien Guillo <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Adrien Guillo <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/docs/configuration/metastore-config.md b/docs/configuration/metastore-config.md
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ By default, the File-Backed Metastore is only read once when you start a Quickwi
 
 You can also configure it to poll the File-Backed Metastore periodically to keep a fresh view of it. This is useful for a Searcher instance that needs to be aware of new splits published by an Indexer running in parallel.
 
-To configure the polling interval (in seconds only), add a URI fragment to the storage URI like this: `s3://quickwit/my-indexes#polling_interval=30s`
+To configure the polling interval (in seconds), add a URI fragment to the storage URI as follows: `s3://quickwit/my-indexes#polling_interval=30s`
+
+:::note
+The polling interval can be configured in seconds only; other units, such as minutes or hours, are not supported.
+:::
 
 :::tip
 Amazon S3 charges $0.0004 per 1000 GET requests. Polling a metastore every 30 seconds costs $0.04 per month and index.

diff --git a/docs/configuration/node-config.md b/docs/configuration/node-config.md
@@ -123,17 +123,7 @@ This section may contain one configuration subsection per available metastore im
 
 ### File-backed metastore configuration
 
-| Property | Description | Default value |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| `polling_interval` | Time interval between successive polling attempts to detect metastore changes. | `30s` |
-
-Example of a metastore configuration for a file-backed implementation in YAML format:
-
-```yaml
-metastore:
-  file:
-    polling_interval: 1m
-```
+File-backed metastore doesn't have any node level configuration. You can configure the poll interval [at the index level](./metastore-config.md#polling-configuration).
 
 ### PostgreSQL metastore configuration