diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
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--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
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Set one or more files that contain the data-set descriptions. See
L<types.db(5)> for a description of the format of this file.
+If this option is not specified, a default file is read. If you need to define
+custom types in addition to the types defined in the default file, you need to
+explicitly load both. In other words, if the B<TypesDB> option is encountered
+the default behavior is disabled and if you need the default types you have to
+also explicitly load them.
+
=item B<Interval> I<Seconds>
Configures the interval in which to query the read plugins. Obviously smaller
The reduction or normalization to mean sea level pressure requires (depending
on selected method/approximation) also altitude and reference to temperature
-sensor(s). When multiple temperature sensors are configured the minumum of
+sensor(s). When multiple temperature sensors are configured the minimum of
their values is always used (expecting that the warmer ones are affected by
e.g. direct sun light at that moment).
Temperature sensor(s) which should be used as a reference when normalizing the
pressure using C<Normalization> method 2.
-When specified more sensors a minumum is found and used each time. The
+When specified more sensors a minimum is found and used each time. The
temperature reading directly from this pressure sensor/plugin is typically not
suitable as the pressure sensor will be probably inside while we want outside
temperature. The collectd reference name is something like
plugin's fault, it will report errors if it gets them from the libraryE<nbsp>/
the driver. If a driver complains about an option, the plugin will dump a
complete list of all options understood by that driver to the log. There is no
-way to programatically find out if an option expects a string or a numeric
+way to programmatically find out if an option expects a string or a numeric
argument, so you will have to refer to the appropriate DBD's documentation to
find this out. Sorry.
Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database
name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This
-allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
+allows one to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
The plugin instance name can also be set from the query result using
the B<PluginInstanceFrom> option in B<Query> block.
Specify the plugin instance name that should be used instead of the database
name (which is the default, if this option has not been specified). This
-allows to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
+allows one to query multiple databases of the same name on the same host (e.g.
when running multiple database server versions in parallel).
=item B<KRBSrvName> I<kerberos_service_name>
=item B<ProcessMatch> I<name> I<regex>
-Similar to the B<Process> option this allows to select more detailed
+Similar to the B<Process> option this allows one to select more detailed
statistics of processes matching the specified I<regex> (see L<regex(7)> for
details). The statistics of all matching processes are summed up and
dispatched to the daemon using the specified I<name> as an identifier. This
-allows to "group" several processes together. I<name> must not contain
+allows one to "group" several processes together. I<name> must not contain
slashes.
=item B<CollectContextSwitch> I<Boolean>
restarted. This results in much shorter (if any) gaps in graphs, especially
under heavy load. Also, the C<rrdtool> command line utility is aware of the
daemon so that it can flush values to disk automatically when needed. This
-allows to integrate automated flushing of values into graphing solutions much
-more easily.
+allows one to integrate automated flushing of values into graphing solutions
+much more easily.
There are disadvantages, though: The daemon may reside on a different host, so
it may not be possible for C<collectd> to create the appropriate RRD files
=item B<Key> I<String>
-Use the specified string as a partioning key for the topic. Kafka breaks
+Use the specified string as a partitioning key for the topic. Kafka breaks
topic into partitions and guarantees that for a given topology, the same
consumer will be used for a specific key. The special (case insensitive)
string B<Random> can be used to specify that an arbitrary partition should
=item B<TypeInstance> I<String>
-=item B<MetaDataSet> I<String> I<String>
+=item B<MetaData> I<String> I<String>
Set the appropriate field to the given string. The strings for plugin instance
and type instance may be empty, the strings for host and plugin may not be