diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod
index 5f2c687b3c5aab69434b32552eb102d51385d299..10f9f618a2ef976f07222cf69e8edfc8d55727a6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd-exec.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ The data is passed to the executables over C<STDIN> in a format very similar to
HTTP: At first there is a "header" with one line per field. Every line consists
of a field name, ended by a colon, and the associated value until end-of-line.
The "header" is ended by two newlines immediately following another,
-i.E<nbsp>e. an empty line. The rest, basically the "body", is the message of
-the notification.
+i.e. an empty line. The rest, basically the "body", is the message of the
+notification.
The following is an example notification passed to a program:
Severity: FAILURE
- Time: 1200928930
+ Time: 1200928930.515
Host: myhost.mydomain.org
\n
This is a test notification to demonstrate the format
=item B<Time>
-The time in epoch, i.E<nbsp>e. as seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC.
+The time in epoch, i.e. as seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC. The value
+currently has millisecond precision (i.e. three decimal places), but scripts
+should accept arbitrary numbers of decimal places, including no decimal places.
=item B<Host>