-By default, the plugin will try to keep the connection to UPS open between
-reads. Since this appears to be somewhat brittle (I<apcupsd> appears to close
-the connection due to inactivity quite quickly), the plugin will try to detect
-this problem and switch to an open-read-close mode in such cases.
+The plugin is designed to keep the connection to I<apcupsd> open between reads.
+If plugin poll interval is greater than 15 seconds (hardcoded socket close
+timeout in I<apcupsd> NIS), then this option is B<false> by default.