update the migrating doc for less confusion (#7845)

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In line with our [stability promise](https://prometheus.io/blog/2016/07/18/prometheus-1-0-released/#fine-print),
the Prometheus 2.0 release contains a number of backwards incompatible changes.
This document offers guidance on migrating from Prometheus 1.8 to Prometheus 2.0.
This document offers guidance on migrating from Prometheus 1.8 to Prometheus 2.0 and newer versions.
## Flags
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## Storage
The data format in Prometheus 2.0 has completely changed and is not backwards
compatible with 1.8. To retain access to your historic monitoring data we
compatible with 1.8 and older versions. To retain access to your historic monitoring data we
recommend you run a non-scraping Prometheus instance running at least version
1.8.1 in parallel with your Prometheus 2.0 instance, and have the new server
read existing data from the old one via the remote read protocol.