other options will be ignored.
I<Valuelist> is a colon-separated list of the time and the values, each either
-an integer if the data-source is a counter, of a double if the data-source if
+an integer if the data-source is a counter, or a double if the data-source is
of type "gauge". You can submit an undefined gauge-value by using B<U>. When
submitting B<U> to a counter the behavior is undefined. The time is given as
epoch (i.E<nbsp>e. standard UNIX time).
or B<type_instance> without B<type> doesn't make much sense and should be
avoided.
-Please note that this is the same format as used in the B<unixsock plugin>, see
-L<collectd-unixsock(5)>.
+=back
=back
+Please note that this is the same format as used in the B<unixsock plugin>, see
+L<collectd-unixsock(5)>.
+
When collectd exits it sends a B<SIGTERM> to all still running
child-processes upon which they have to quit.