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diff --git a/src/collectd-perl.pod b/src/collectd-perl.pod
index acb8abda..85e7a8a7 100644
--- a/src/collectd-perl.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-perl.pod
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ and collectd:
 
 =item Config-Item
 
-A config-item is one structure which keeps the informations provided in the
+A config-item is one structure which keeps the information provided in the
 configuration file. The array of children keeps one entry for each
 configuration option. Each such entry is another config-item structure, which
 may nest further if nested blocks are used.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ structure. The general layout looks like this:
 
   [{
     name => 'data_source_name',
-    type => DS_TYPE_COUNTER || DS_TYPE_GAUGE,
+    type => DS_TYPE_COUNTER || DS_TYPE_GAUGE || DS_TYPE_DERIVE || DS_TYPE_ABSOLUTE,
     min  => value || undef,
     max  => value || undef
   }, ...]
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ there is a large number of predefined data-sets available in the B<types.db>
 file which are automatically registered with collectd - see L<types.db(5)> for
 a description of the format of this file.
 
+B<Note>: Using B<plugin_register> to register a data-set is deprecated. Add
+the new type to a custom L<types.db(5)> file instead. This functionality might
+be removed in a future version of collectd.
+
 If the I<type> argument is any of the other types (B<TYPE_INIT>, B<TYPE_READ>,
 ...) then I<data> is expected to be a function name. If the name is not
 prefixed with the plugin's package name collectd will add it automatically.
@@ -565,6 +569,10 @@ available (B<:all> will export all of them):
 
 =item B<DS_TYPE_GAUGE>
 
+=item B<DS_TYPE_DERIVE>
+
+=item B<DS_TYPE_ABSOLUTE>
+
 =back
 
 =item B<:log>