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diff --git a/src/collectd-perl.pod b/src/collectd-perl.pod
index a19274e4..669e3f41 100644
--- a/src/collectd-perl.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-perl.pod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+=encoding UTF-8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 collectd-perl - Documentation of collectd's C<perl plugin>
@@ -208,7 +210,7 @@ layout looks like this:
   {
     values => [123, 0.5],
     time   => time (),
-    interval => $interval_g,
+    interval => plugin_get_interval (),
     host   => $hostname_g,
     plugin => 'myplugin',
     type   => 'myplugin',
@@ -501,6 +503,11 @@ B<FQDNLookup> configuration options (see L<collectd.conf(5)> for details).
 This variable keeps the interval in seconds in which the read functions are
 queried (see the B<Interval> configuration option).
 
+B<Note:> This variable should no longer be used in favor of
+C<plugin_get_interval()> (see above). This function takes any plugin-specific
+interval settings into account (see the C<Interval> option of C<LoadPlugin> in
+L<collectd.conf(5)> for details).
+
 =back
 
 Any changes to these variables will be globally visible in collectd.