[DOCS] Update boolean mapping docs with a full list of values that ar…

…e treated as false Closes #5337
elastic · Mar 5, 2014 · b723ee0 · b723ee0
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@@ -362,8 +362,9 @@ and `false` respectively.
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-The boolean type also supports passing the value as a number (in this
-case `0` is `false`, all other values are `true`).
+The boolean type also supports passing the value as a number or a string
+(in this case `0`, an empty string, `F`, `false`, `off` and `no` are
+`false`, all other values are `true`).
 
 The following table lists all the attributes that can be used with the
 boolean type: