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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index a5af5762..b992eac1 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -159,12 +159,27 @@ plugins that don't provide any configuration, e.g. the I<Load plugin>.
 When set to B<true>, various statistics about the I<collectd> daemon will be
 collected, with "collectd" as the I<plugin name>. Defaults to B<false>.
 
-The "write_queue" I<plugin instance> reports the number of elements currently
-queued and the number of elements dropped off the queue by the
-B<WriteQueueLimitLow>/B<WriteQueueLimitHigh> mechanism.
+The following metrics are reported:
 
-The "cache" I<plugin instance> reports the number of elements in the value list
-cache (the cache you can interact with using L<collectd-unixsock(5)>).
+=over 4
+
+=item C<collectd-write_queue/queue_length>
+
+The number of metrics currently in the write queue. You can limit the queue
+length with the B<WriteQueueLimitLow> and B<WriteQueueLimitHigh> options.
+
+=item C<collectd-write_queue/derive-dropped>
+
+The number of metrics dropped due to a queue length limitation.
+If this value is non-zero, your system can't handle all incoming metrics and
+protects itself against overload by dropping metrics.
+
+=item C<collectd-cache/cache_size>
+
+The number of elements in the metric cache (the cache you can interact with
+using L<collectd-unixsock(5)>).
+
+=back
 
 =item B<Include> I<Path> [I<pattern>]
 
@@ -2525,6 +2540,17 @@ do that: By setting B<IgnoreSelected> to I<true> the effect of
 B<Interface> is inverted: All selected interfaces are ignored and all
 other interfaces are collected.
 
+=item B<UniqueName> I<true>|I<false>
+
+Interface name is not unique on Solaris (KSTAT), interface name is unique 
+only within a module/instance. Following tuple is considered unique: 
+   (ks_module, ks_instance, ks_name)
+If this option is set to true, interface name contains above three fields
+separated by an underscore. For more info on KSTAT, visit
+L<http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1468/kstat-3kstat.html#REFMAN3Ekstat-3kstat>
+
+This option is only available on Solaris.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<ipmi>
@@ -2565,9 +2591,13 @@ a notification is sent.
 
 =item B<Chain> I<Table> I<Chain> [I<Comment|Number> [I<Name>]]
 
-Select the rules to count. If only I<Table> and I<Chain> are given, this plugin
-will collect the counters of all rules which have a comment-match. The comment
-is then used as type-instance.
+=item B<Chain6> I<Table> I<Chain> [I<Comment|Number> [I<Name>]]
+
+Select the iptables/ip6tables filter rules to count packets and bytes from.
+
+If only I<Table> and I<Chain> are given, this plugin will collect the counters
+of all rules which have a comment-match. The comment is then used as
+type-instance.
 
 If I<Comment> or I<Number> is given, only the rule with the matching comment or
 the I<n>th rule will be collected. Again, the comment (or the number) will be