diff --git a/src/collectd-snmp.pod b/src/collectd-snmp.pod
index 44ca4d1f907b1bd13f56e664b8c8fb2429f7cb6f..a08b69ed3e7e6527bdebb9ecca86b1d9c3f66308 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd-snmp.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-snmp.pod
Since the aim of the C<snmp plugin> is to provide a generic interface to SNMP,
it's configuration is not trivial and may take some time.
+Since the C<Net-SNMP> library is used you cann use all the environment
+variables that are interpreted by that package. See L<snmpcmd(1)> for more
+details.
+
There are two types of blocks that can be contained in the
C<E<lt>PluginE<nbsp>snmpE<gt>> block: B<Data> and B<Host>: