Clarify docs for system core percentages

Remove statement about percentages being greater than 100% for multi-core systems.
elastic · Nov 13, 2017 · fae23c9 · fae23c9
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v5.6.4...5.6[Check the HEAD diff]
 
 *Metricbeat*
 
+- Clarify meaning of percentages reported by system core metricset. {pull}5565[5565]
+
 *Packetbeat*
 
 *Winlogbeat*

diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
@@ -5433,7 +5433,7 @@ System status metrics, like CPU and memory usage, that are collected from the op
 [float]
 == core Fields
 
-`system-core` contains local CPU core stats.
+`system-core` contains CPU metrics for a single core of a multi-core system.
 
 
 
@@ -5452,7 +5452,7 @@ type: scaled_float
 
 format: percent
 
-The percentage of CPU time spent in user space. On multi-core systems, you can have percentages that are greater than 100%. For example, if 3 cores are at 60% use, then the `cpu.user_p` will be 180%.
+The percentage of CPU time spent in user space.
 
 
 [float]

diff --git a/metricbeat/module/system/core/_meta/fields.yml b/metricbeat/module/system/core/_meta/fields.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 - name: core
   type: group
   description: >
-    `system-core` contains local CPU core stats.
+    `system-core` contains CPU metrics for a single core of a multi-core system.
   fields:
     - name: id
       type: long
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
       type: scaled_float
       format: percent
       description: >
-        The percentage of CPU time spent in user space. On multi-core systems, you can have percentages that are greater than 100%.
-        For example, if 3 cores are at 60% use, then the `cpu.user_p` will be 180%.
+        The percentage of CPU time spent in user space.
 
     - name: user.ticks
       type: long