Merge branch 'collectd-4.5'

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@@ -30,9 +30,19 @@ happen. See L<rrdcreate(1)> for more details.
 
 The location of the types.db file is defined by the B<TypesDB> configuration
 option (see L<collectd.conf(5)>). It defaults to collectd's shared data
-directory, i.E<nbsp>e. F<I<prefix>/share/collectd/>. If you want to specify
-custom data-sets, you should do so by using a custom file specified as an
-additional argument to the B<TypesDB> option.
+directory, i.E<nbsp>e. F<I<prefix>/share/collectd/>.
+
+=head1 CUSTOM TYPES
+
+If you want to specify custom types, you should do so by specifying a custom
+file in addition to the default one (see L<FILES>) above. You can do that by
+having multiple B<TypesDB> statements in your configuration file or by
+specifying more than one file in one line.
+
+For example:
+
+ TypesDB "/opt/collectd/share/collectd/types.db"
+ TypesDB "/opt/collectd/etc/types.db.custom"
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO