From fac3229c56981993d4e04db8747de22588d9a6af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Saurabh Raj <39027928+ksraj123@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:51:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] document validations in validateHTTPRetry

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 .../reference/config/networking/virtual-service/index.html   | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/config/networking/virtual-service/index.html b/content/en/docs/reference/config/networking/virtual-service/index.html
index b7f20d597dfb9..e996c14ec2dbb 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/reference/config/networking/virtual-service/index.html
+++ b/content/en/docs/reference/config/networking/virtual-service/index.html
@@ -1930,7 +1930,10 @@ <h2 id="HTTPRetry">HTTPRetry</h2>
 <code>timeout</code> of the <a href="/docs/reference/config/networking/virtual-service/#HTTPRoute">HTTP route</a>
 or <code>per_try_timeout</code> is configured, the actual number of retries attempted also depends on
 the specified request <code>timeout</code> and <code>per_try_timeout</code> values. MUST be &gt;= 0. If <code>0</code>, retries will be disabled.
-The maximum possible number of requests made will be 1 + <code>attempts</code>.</p>
+The maximum possible number of requests made will be 1 + <code>attempts</code>.
+While the retry attempts are set to 0, other fields under <code>retries</code>, namely <code>attempts</code> , <code>perTryTimeout</code>, 
+<code>retryRemoteLocalities</code> , <code>retryOn</code> , <code>backoff</code> should be ommitted.
+</p>
 
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