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Expand Up @@ -393,10 +393,12 @@ The following configurations are optional:
<td>int</td>
<td>none</td>
<td>streaming and batch</td>
<td>Minimum number of partitions to read from Kafka.
<td>Desired minimum number of partitions to read from Kafka.
By default, Spark has a 1-1 mapping of topicPartitions to Spark partitions consuming from Kafka.
If you set this option to a value greater than your topicPartitions, Spark will divvy up large
Kafka partitions to smaller pieces.</td>
Kafka partitions to smaller pieces. Please note that this configuration is like a `hint`: the
number of Spark tasks will be **approximately** `minPartitions`. It can be less or more depending on
rounding errors or Kafka partitions that didn't receive any new data.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>groupIdPrefix</td>
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