varnish: add some detail & references to manpage

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index dac1842ba46004836ddbb242e351ca4c3e2a0408..60cc9b525621f4e36c0e411327759fc5e0c81a9d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -6305,6 +6305,10 @@ Take the UUID from the given file (default I</etc/uuid>).
 =head2 Plugin C<varnish>
 
 The I<varnish plugin> collects information about Varnish, an HTTP accelerator.
+It collects a subset of the values displayed by L<varnishstat(1)>, and
+organizes them in categories which can be enabled or disabled. Currently only
+metrics shown in L<varnishstat(1)>'s I<MAIN> section are collected. The exact
+meaning of each metric can be found in L<varnish-counters(7)>.
 
 Synopsis: