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@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ limit or a supplied `n` query parameter, the last change object has a
The `S` or `start` query parameter can be supplied to skip a number
of changes from the list.
+Administrators can use the `skip-visibility` query parameter to skip visibility filtering.
+This can be used to ensure that no changes are missed e.g. when querying for changes which
+need to be reindexed. Without this parameter query results the user has no permission to read
+are filtered out. REST requests with the skip-visibility option are rejected when the current
+user doesn't have the ADMINISTRATE_SERVER capability.
+
Clients are allowed to specify more than one query by setting the `q`
parameter multiple times. In this case the result is an array of
arrays, one per query in the same order the queries were given in.