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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index e2cb799e..bfb73095 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -57,6 +57,33 @@ directory for the daemon.
 Loads the plugin I<Plugin>. There must be at least one such line or B<collectd>
 will be mostly useless.
 
+Starting with collectd 4.9, this may also be a block in which further options
+affecting the behavior of B<LoadPlugin> may be specified. The following
+options are allowed inside a B<LoadPlugin> block:
+
+  <LoadPlugin perl>
+    Globals true
+  </LoadPlugin>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Globals> B<true|false>
+
+If enabled, collectd will export all global symbols of the plugin (and of all
+libraries loaded as dependencies of the plugin) and, thus, makes those symbols
+available for resolving unresolved symbols in subsequently loaded plugins if
+that is supported by your system. By default, this is disabled.
+
+This is useful (or possibly even required), e.E<nbsp>g., when loading a plugin
+that embeds some scripting language into the daemon (e.E<nbsp>g. the C<perl>
+or C<python> plugins). Scripting languages usually provide means to load
+extensions written in C. Those extensions require symbols provided by the
+interpreter, which is loaded as a dependency of the respective collectd
+plugin. See the documentation of those plugins (e.E<nbsp>g.,
+L<collectd-perl(5)> or L<collectd-python(5)>) for details.
+
+=back
+
 =item B<Include> I<Path>
 
 If I<Path> points to a file, includes that file. If I<Path> points to a
@@ -102,6 +129,20 @@ Configures the interval in which to query the read plugins. Obviously smaller
 values lead to a higher system load produced by collectd, while higher values
 lead to more coarse statistics.
 
+B<Warning:> You should set this once and then never touch it again. If you do,
+I<you will have to delete all your RRD files> or know some serious RRDtool
+magic! (Assuming you're using the I<RRDtool> or I<RRDCacheD> plugin.)
+
+=item B<Timeout> I<Iterations>
+
+Consider a value list "missing" when no update has been read or received for
+I<Iterations> iterations. By default, I<collectd> considers a value list
+missing when no update has been received for twice the update interval. Since
+this setting uses iterations, the maximum allowed time without update depends
+on the I<Interval> information contained in each value list. This is used in
+the I<Threshold> configuration to dispatch notifications about missing values,
+see L<"THRESHOLD CONFIGURATION"> below.
+
 =item B<ReadThreads> I<Num>
 
 Number of threads to start for reading plugins. The default value is B<5>, but
@@ -112,7 +153,7 @@ a value higher than the number of plugins you've loaded is totally useless.
 =item B<Hostname> I<Name>
 
 Sets the hostname that identifies a host. If you omit this setting, the
-hostname will be determinded using the L<gethostname(2)> system call.
+hostname will be determined using the L<gethostname(2)> system call.
 
 =item B<FQDNLookup> B<true|false>
 
@@ -443,7 +484,7 @@ The curl plugin uses the B<libcurl> (L<http://curl.haxx.se/>) to read web pages
 and the match infrastructure (the same code used by the tail plugin) to use
 regular expressions with the received data.
 
-The following example will read the current value of AMD stock from google's
+The following example will read the current value of AMD stock from Google's
 finance page and dispatch the value to collectd.
 
   <Plugin curl>
@@ -562,9 +603,9 @@ The following example will collect the status values from each database:
 
 In the B<Plugin> block, there may be one or more B<URL> blocks, each defining
 a URL to be fetched via HTTP (using libcurl) and one or more B<Key> blocks.
-The B<Key> string argument must be in a path format, of which is used to collect
-a value from a JSON map object.  If a B<Key> path element is that of a I<*> wildcard,
-the values for all keys will be collectd.
+The B<Key> string argument must be in a path format, which is used to collect a
+value from a JSON map object. If a path element of B<Key> is the
+I<*>E<nbsp>wildcard, the values for all keys will be collectd.
 
 The following options are valid within B<URL> blocks:
 
@@ -619,6 +660,110 @@ Type-instance to use. Defaults to the current map key or current string array el
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Plugin C<curl_xml>
+
+The B<curl_xml plugin> uses B<libcurl> (L<http://curl.haxx.se/>) and B<libxml2>
+(L<http://xmlsoft.org/>) to retrieve XML data via cURL.
+
+ <Plugin "curl_xml">
+   <URL "http://localhost/stats.xml">
+     Host "my_host"
+     Instance "some_instance"
+     User "collectd"
+     Password "thaiNg0I"
+     VerifyPeer true
+     VerifyHost true
+     CACert "/path/to/ca.crt"
+
+     <XPath "table[@id=\"magic_level\"]/tr">
+       Type "magic_level"
+       #InstancePrefix "prefix-"
+       InstanceFrom "td[1]"
+       ValuesFrom "td[2]/span[@class=\"level\"]"
+     </XPath>
+   </URL>
+ </Plugin>
+
+In the B<Plugin> block, there may be one or more B<URL> blocks, each defining a
+URL to be fetched via HTTP (using libcurl). Within each B<URL> block there are
+options which specify the connection parameters, for example authentication
+information, and one or more B<XPath> blocks.
+
+Each B<XPath> block specifies how to get one type of information. The
+string argument must be a valid XPath expression which returns a list
+of "base elements". One value is dispatched for each "base element". The
+I<type instance> and values are looked up using further I<XPath> expressions
+that should be relative to the base element.
+
+Within the B<URL> block the following options are accepted:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Name>
+
+Use I<Name> as the host name when submitting values. Defaults to the global
+host name setting.
+
+=item B<Instance> I<Instance>
+
+Use I<Instance> as the plugin instance when submitting values. Defaults to an
+empty string (no plugin instance).
+
+=item B<User> I<User>
+=item B<Password> I<Password>
+=item B<VerifyPeer> B<true>|B<false>
+=item B<VerifyHost> B<true>|B<false>
+=item B<CACert> I<CA Cert File>
+
+These options behave exactly equivalent to the appropriate options of the
+I<cURL> and I<cURL-JSON> plugins. Please see there for a detailed description.
+
+=item E<lt>B<XPath> I<XPath-expression>E<gt>
+
+Within each B<URL> block, there must be one or more B<XPath> blocks. Each
+B<XPath> block specifies how to get one type of information. The string
+argument must be a valid XPath expression which returns a list of "base
+elements". One value is dispatched for each "base element".
+
+Within the B<XPath> block the following options are accepted:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Type> I<Type>
+
+Specifies the I<Type> used for submitting patches. This determines the number
+of values that are required / expected and whether the strings are parsed as
+signed or unsigned integer or as double values. See L<types.db(5)> for details.
+This option is required.
+
+=item B<InstancePrefix> I<InstancePrefix>
+
+Prefix the I<type instance> with I<InstancePrefix>. The values are simply
+concatenated together without any separator.
+This option is optional.
+
+=item B<InstanceFrom> I<InstanceFrom>
+
+Specifies a XPath expression to use for determining the I<type instance>. The
+XPath expression must return exactly one element. The element's value is then
+used as I<type instance>, possibly prefixed with I<InstancePrefix> (see above).
+
+This value is required. As a special exception, if the "base XPath expression"
+(the argument to the B<XPath> block) returns exactly one argument, then this
+option may be omitted.
+
+=item B<ValuesFrom> I<ValuesFrom> [I<ValuesFrom> ...]
+
+Specifies one or more XPath expression to use for reading the values. The
+number of XPath expressions must match the number of data sources in the
+I<type> specified with B<Type> (see above). Each XPath expression must return
+exactly one element. The element's value is then parsed as a number and used as
+value for the appropriate value in the value list dispatched to the daemon.
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<dbi>
 
 This plugin uses the B<dbi> library (L<http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/>) to
@@ -669,7 +814,7 @@ The following is a complete list of options:
 Query blocks define I<SQL> statements and how the returned data should be
 interpreted. They are identified by the name that is given in the opening line
 of the block. Thus the name needs to be unique. Other than that, the name is
-not used in collectd. 
+not used in collectd.
 
 In each B<Query> block, there is one or more B<Result> blocks. B<Result> blocks
 define which column holds which value or instance information. You can use
@@ -727,7 +872,7 @@ options to provide multiple queries with the same name but with a slightly
 different syntax. The plugin will use only those queries, where the specified
 minimum and maximum versions fit the version of the database in use.
 
-The database version is determined by C<dbi_conn_get_engine_version>, see the 
+The database version is determined by C<dbi_conn_get_engine_version>, see the
 L<libdbi documentation|http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/docs/programmers-guide/reference-conn.html#DBI-CONN-GET-ENGINE-VERSION>
 for details. Basically, each part of the version is assumed to be in the range
 from B<00> to B<99> and all dots are removed. So version "4.1.2" becomes
@@ -952,7 +1097,7 @@ is set to B<true>, all disks are collected B<except> the ones matched.
 
 =item B<Interface> I<Interface>
 
-The dns plugin uses B<libpcap> to capture dns traffic and analyses it. This
+The dns plugin uses B<libpcap> to capture dns traffic and analyzes it. This
 option sets the interface that should be used. If this option is not set, or
 set to "any", the plugin will try to get packets from B<all> interfaces. This
 may not work on certain platforms, such as MacE<nbsp>OSE<nbsp>X.
@@ -1104,6 +1249,12 @@ note that there are 1000 bytes in a kilobyte, not 1024.
 
 Controls whether or not to recurse into subdirectories. Enabled by default.
 
+=item B<IncludeHidden> I<true>|I<false>
+
+Controls whether or not to include "hidden" files and directories in the count.
+"Hidden" files and directories are those, whose name begins with a dot.
+Defaults to I<false>, i.e. by default hidden files and directories are ignored.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<GenericJMX>
@@ -1473,6 +1624,11 @@ running in foreground- or non-daemon-mode.
 
 Prefix all lines printed by the current time. Defaults to B<true>.
 
+=item B<PrintSeverity> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When enabled, all lines are prefixed by the severity of the log message, for
+example "warning". Defaults to B<false>.
+
 =back
 
 B<Note>: There is no need to notify the daemon after moving or removing the
@@ -1573,6 +1729,132 @@ TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<11211>.
 
 =back
 
+=head2 Plugin C<modbus>
+
+The B<modbus plugin> connects to a Modbus "slave" via Modbus/TCP and reads
+register values. It supports reading single registers (unsigned 16E<nbsp>bit
+values), large integer values (unsigned 32E<nbsp>bit values) and floating point
+values (two registers interpreted as IEEE floats in big endian notation).
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ <Data "voltage-input-1">
+   RegisterBase 0
+   RegisterType float
+   Type voltage
+   Instance "input-1"
+ </Data>
+ 
+ <Data "voltage-input-2">
+   RegisterBase 2
+   RegisterType float
+   Type voltage
+   Instance "input-2"
+ </Data>
+ 
+ <Host "modbus.example.com">
+   Address "192.168.0.42"
+   Port    "502"
+   Interval 60
+   
+   <Slave 1>
+     Instance "power-supply"
+     Collect  "voltage-input-1"
+     Collect  "voltage-input-2"
+   </Slave>
+ </Host>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item E<lt>B<Data> I<Name>E<gt> blocks
+
+Data blocks define a mapping between register numbers and the "types" used by
+I<collectd>.
+
+Within E<lt>DataE<nbsp>/E<gt> blocks, the following options are allowed:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<RegisterBase> I<Number>
+
+Configures the base register to read from the device. If the option
+B<RegisterType> has been set to B<Uint32> or B<Float>, this and the next
+register will be read (the register number is increased by one).
+
+=item B<RegisterType> B<Uint16>|B<Uint32>|B<Float>
+
+Specifies what kind of data is returned by the device. If the type is B<Uint32>
+or B<Float>, two 16E<nbsp>bit registers will be read and the data is combined
+into one value. Defaults to B<Uint16>.
+
+=item B<Type> I<Type>
+
+Specifies the "type" (data set) to use when dispatching the value to
+I<collectd>. Currently, only data sets with exactly one data source are
+supported.
+
+=item B<Instance> I<Instance>
+
+Sets the type instance to use when dispatching the value to I<collectd>. If
+unset, an empty string (no type instance) is used.
+
+=back
+
+=item E<lt>B<Host> I<Name>E<gt> blocks
+
+Host blocks are used to specify to which hosts to connect and what data to read
+from their "slaves". The string argument I<Name> is used as hostname when
+dispatching the values to I<collectd>.
+
+Within E<lt>HostE<nbsp>/E<gt> blocks, the following options are allowed:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Address> I<Hostname>
+
+Specifies the node name (the actual network address) used to connect to the
+host. This may be an IP address or a hostname. Please note that the used
+I<libmodbus> library only supports IPv4 at the moment.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Service>
+
+Specifies the port used to connect to the host. The port can either be given as
+a number or as a service name. Please note that the I<Service> argument must be
+a string, even if ports are given in their numerical form. Defaults to "502".
+
+=item B<Interval> I<Interval>
+
+Sets the interval (in seconds) in which the values will be collected from this
+host. By default the global B<Interval> setting will be used.
+
+=item E<lt>B<Slave> I<ID>E<gt>
+
+Over each TCP connection, multiple Modbus devices may be reached. The slave ID
+is used to specify which device should be addressed. For each device you want
+to query, one B<Slave> block must be given.
+
+Within E<lt>SlaveE<nbsp>/E<gt> blocks, the following options are allowed:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Instance> I<Instance>
+
+Specify the plugin instance to use when dispatching the values to I<collectd>.
+By default "slave_I<ID>" is used.
+
+=item B<Collect> I<DataName>
+
+Specifies which data to retrieve from the device. I<DataName> must be the same
+string as the I<Name> argument passed to a B<Data> block. You can specify this
+option multiple times to collect more than one value from a slave. At least one
+B<Collect> option is mandatory.
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<mysql>
 
 The C<mysql plugin> requires B<mysqlclient> to be installed. It connects to
@@ -1673,7 +1955,7 @@ or SQL threads are not running.
 
 =head2 Plugin C<netapp>
 
-The netapp plugin can collect various performance and capacity informations
+The netapp plugin can collect various performance and capacity information
 from a NetApp filer using the NetApp API.
 
 Please note that NetApp has a wide line of products and a lot of different
@@ -2197,7 +2479,7 @@ Here are some examples to help you understand the above text more easily:
 
 =item B<IgnoreSelected>
 
-The behaviour is the same as with all other similar plugins: If nothing is
+The behavior is the same as with all other similar plugins: If nothing is
 selected at all, everything is collected. If some things are selected using the
 options described above, only these statistics are collected. If you set
 B<IgnoreSelected> to B<true>, this behavior is inverted, i.E<nbsp>e. the
@@ -2209,7 +2491,7 @@ specified statistics will not be collected.
 
 The Network plugin sends data to a remote instance of collectd, receives data
 from a remote instance, or both at the same time. Data which has been received
-from the network is usually not transmitted again, but this can be actived, see
+from the network is usually not transmitted again, but this can be activated, see
 the B<Forward> option below.
 
 The default IPv6 multicast group is C<ff18::efc0:4a42>. The default IPv4
@@ -2271,6 +2553,15 @@ B<None> require this setting.
 This feature is only available if the I<network> plugin was linked with
 I<libgcrypt>.
 
+=item B<Interface> I<Interface name>
+
+Set the outgoing interface for IP packets. This applies at least
+to IPv6 packets and if possible to IPv4. If this option is not applicable,
+undefined or a non-existent interface name is specified, the default
+behavior is to let the kernel choose the appropriate interface. Be warned
+that the manual selection of an interface for unicast traffic is only
+necessary in rare cases.
+
 =back
 
 =item B<E<lt>Listen> I<Host> [I<Port>]B<E<gt>>
@@ -2319,6 +2610,14 @@ Each time a packet is received, the modification time of the file is checked
 using L<stat(2)>. If the file has been changed, the contents is re-read. While
 the file is being read, it is locked using L<fcntl(2)>.
 
+=item B<Interface> I<Interface name>
+
+Set the incoming interface for IP packets explicitly. This applies at least
+to IPv6 packets and if possible to IPv4. If this option is not applicable,
+undefined or a non-existent interface name is specified, the default
+behavior is, to let the kernel choose the appropriate interface. Thus incoming
+traffic gets only accepted, if it arrives on the given interface.
+
 =back
 
 =item B<TimeToLive> I<1-255>
@@ -2503,7 +2802,7 @@ UDP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<123>.
 
 =item B<ReverseLookups> B<true>|B<false>
 
-Sets wether or not to perform reverse lookups on peers. Since the name or
+Sets whether or not to perform reverse lookups on peers. Since the name or
 IP-address may be used in a filename it is recommended to disable reverse
 lookups. The default is to do reverse lookups to preserve backwards
 compatibility, though.
@@ -2661,12 +2960,31 @@ Available options:
 
 Specifies the location of the status file.
 
-=item B<Compression> B<true>|B<false>
+=item B<ImprovedNamingSchema> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When enabled, the filename of the status file will be used as plugin instance
+and the client's "common name" will be used as type instance. This is required
+when reading multiple status files. Enabling this option is recommended, but to
+maintain backwards compatibility this option is disabled by default.
+
+=item B<CollectCompression> B<true>|B<false>
 
 Sets whether or not statistics about the compression used by OpenVPN should be
 collected. This information is only available in I<single> mode. Enabled by
 default.
 
+=item B<CollectIndividualUsers> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Sets whether or not traffic information is collected for each connected client
+individually. If set to false, currently no traffic data is collected at all
+because aggregating this data in a save manner is tricky. Defaults to B<true>.
+
+=item B<CollectUserCount> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When enabled, the number of currently connected clients or users is collected.
+This is especially interesting when B<CollectIndividualUsers> is disabled, but
+can be configured independently from that option. Defaults to B<false>.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<oracle>
@@ -2736,6 +3054,83 @@ refer to them from.
 This plugin embeds a Perl-interpreter into collectd and provides an interface
 to collectd's plugin system. See L<collectd-perl(5)> for its documentation.
 
+=head2 Plugin C<pinba>
+
+The I<Pinba plugin> receives profiling information from I<Pinba>, an extension
+for the I<PHP> interpreter. At the end of executing a script, i.e. after a
+PHP-based webpage has been delivered, the extension will send a UDP packet
+containing timing information, peak memory usage and so on. The plugin will
+wait for such packets, parse them and account the provided information, which
+is then dispatched to the daemon once per interval.
+
+Synopsis:
+
+ <Plugin pinba>
+   Address "::0"
+   Port "30002"
+   # Overall statistics for the website.
+   <View "www-total">
+     Server "www.example.com"
+   </View>
+   # Statistics for www-a only
+   <View "www-a">
+     Host "www-a.example.com"
+     Server "www.example.com"
+   </View>
+   # Statistics for www-b only
+   <View "www-b">
+     Host "www-b.example.com"
+     Server "www.example.com"
+   </View>
+ </Plugin>
+
+The plugin provides the following configuration options:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Address> I<Node>
+
+Configures the address used to open a listening socket. By default, plugin will
+bind to the I<any> address C<::0>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Service>
+
+Configures the port (service) to bind to. By default the default Pinba port
+"30002" will be used. The option accepts service names in addition to port
+numbers and thus requires a I<string> argument.
+
+=item E<lt>B<View> I<Name>E<gt> block
+
+The packets sent by the Pinba extension include the hostname of the server, the
+server name (the name of the virtual host) and the script that was executed.
+Using B<View> blocks it is possible to separate the data into multiple groups
+to get more meaningful statistics. Each packet is added to all matching groups,
+so that a packet may be accounted for more than once.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Host>
+
+Matches the hostname of the system the webserver / script is running on. This
+will contain the result of the L<gethostname(2)> system call. If not
+configured, all hostnames will be accepted.
+
+=item B<Server> I<Server>
+
+Matches the name of the I<virtual host>, i.e. the contents of the
+C<$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]> variable when within PHP. If not configured, all
+server names will be accepted.
+
+=item B<Script> I<Script>
+
+Matches the name of the I<script name>, i.e. the contents of the
+C<$_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"]> variable when within PHP. If not configured, all
+script names will be accepted.
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<ping>
 
 The I<Ping> plugin starts a new thread which sends ICMP "ping" packets to the
@@ -2789,7 +3184,7 @@ operating systems.
 
 =item B<MaxMissed> I<Packets>
 
-Trigger a DNS resolv after the host has not replied to I<Packets> packets. This
+Trigger a DNS resolve after the host has not replied to I<Packets> packets. This
 enables the use of dynamic DNS services (like dyndns.org) with the ping plugin.
 
 Default: B<-1> (disabled)
@@ -2854,6 +3249,7 @@ L<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/>.
     </Database>
 
     <Database bar>
+      Interval 300
       Service "service_name"
       Query backend # predefined
       Query rt36_tickets
@@ -2917,7 +3313,8 @@ The username used to connect to the database.
 
 =item I<interval>
 
-The interval collectd is using (as specified by the B<Interval> option).
+The interval with which this database is queried (as specified by the database
+specific or global B<Interval> options).
 
 =back
 
@@ -3055,6 +3452,11 @@ for details.
 
 =over 4
 
+=item B<Interval> I<seconds>
+
+Specify the interval with which the database should be queried. The default is
+to use the global B<Interval> setting.
+
 =item B<Host> I<hostname>
 
 Specify the hostname or IP of the PostgreSQL server to connect to. If the
@@ -3335,6 +3737,8 @@ multiple routers:
       User "collectd"
       Password "secr3t"
       CollectInterface true
+      CollectCPULoad true
+      CollectMemory true
     </Router>
     <Router>
       Host "router1.example.com"
@@ -3342,6 +3746,8 @@ multiple routers:
       Password "5ecret"
       CollectInterface true
       CollectRegistrationTable true
+      CollectDF true
+      CollectDisk true
     </Router>
   </Plugin>
 
@@ -3379,6 +3785,29 @@ present on the device. Defaults to B<false>.
 When set to B<true>, information about wireless LAN connections will be
 collected. Defaults to B<false>.
 
+=item B<CollectCPULoad> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When set to B<true>, information about the CPU usage will be collected. The
+number is a dimensionless value where zero indicates no CPU usage at all.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
+=item B<CollectMemory> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When enabled, the amount of used and free memory will be collected. How used
+memory is calculated is unknown, for example whether or not caches are counted
+as used space.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
+=item B<CollectDF> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When enabled, the amount of used and free disk space will be collected.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
+=item B<CollectDisk> B<true>|B<false>
+
+When enabled, the number of sectors written and bad blocks will be collected.
+Defaults to B<false>.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<rrdcached>
@@ -3711,6 +4140,7 @@ user using (extended) regular expressions, as described in L<regex(7)>.
       </Match>
       <Match>
         Regex "\\<R=local_user\\>"
+        ExcludeRegex "\\<R=local_user\\>.*mail_spool defer"
         DSType "CounterInc"
         Type "counter"
         Instance "local_user"
@@ -3745,6 +4175,13 @@ want to match literal parentheses you need to do the following:
 
   Regex "SPAM \\(Score: (-?[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\)"
 
+=item B<ExcludeRegex> I<regex>
+
+Sets an optional regular expression to use for excluding lines from the match.
+An example which excludes all connections from localhost from the match:
+
+  ExcludeRegex "127\\.0\\.0\\.1"
+
 =item B<DSType> I<Type>
 
 Sets how the values are cumulated. I<Type> is one of:
@@ -3769,25 +4206,37 @@ Use the last number found.
 
 =item B<CounterSet>
 
-The matched number is a counter. Simply sets the internal counter to this
-value.
+=item B<DeriveSet>
+
+=item B<AbsoluteSet>
+
+The matched number is a counter. Simply I<sets> the internal counter to this
+value. Variants exist for C<COUNTER>, C<DERIVE>, and C<ABSOLUTE> data sources.
 
 =item B<CounterAdd>
 
-Add the matched value to the internal counter.
+=item B<DeriveAdd>
+
+Add the matched value to the internal counter. In case of B<DeriveAdd>, the
+matched number may be negative, which will effectively subtract from the
+internal counter.
 
 =item B<CounterInc>
 
-Increase the internal counter by one. This B<DSType> is the only one that does
-not use the matched subexpression, but simply counts the number of matched
+=item B<DeriveInc>
+
+Increase the internal counter by one. These B<DSType> are the only ones that do
+not use the matched subexpression, but simply count the number of matched
 lines. Thus, you may use a regular expression without submatch in this case.
 
 =back
 
 As you'd expect the B<Gauge*> types interpret the submatch as a floating point
-number, using L<strtod(3)>. The B<CounterSet> and B<CounterAdd> interpret the
-submatch as an integer using L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc> does not use the
-submatch at all and it may be omitted in this case.
+number, using L<strtod(3)>. The B<Counter*> and B<AbsoluteSet> types interpret
+the submatch as an unsigned integer using L<strtoull(3)>. The B<Derive*> types
+interpret the submatch as a signed integer using L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc>
+and B<DeriveInc> do not use the submatch at all and it may be omitted in this
+case.
 
 =item B<Type> I<Type>
 
@@ -3930,7 +4379,7 @@ selection is configured at all, B<all> devices are selected.
 
 =head2 Plugin C<tokyotyrant>
 
-The C<tokyotyrant plugin> connects to a TokyoTyrant server and collects a 
+The C<tokyotyrant plugin> connects to a TokyoTyrant server and collects a
 couple metrics: number of records, and database size on disk.
 
 =over 4
@@ -4100,6 +4549,12 @@ create output in the I<JavaScript Object Notation> (JSON).
 
 Defaults to B<Command>.
 
+=item B<StoreRates> B<true|false>
+
+If set to B<true>, convert counter values to rates. If set to B<false> (the
+default) counter values are stored as is, i.E<nbsp>e. as an increasing integer
+number.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 THRESHOLD CONFIGURATION
@@ -4121,10 +4576,12 @@ as a moving average or similar - at least not now.
 
 Also, all values that match a threshold are considered to be relevant or
 "interesting". As a consequence collectd will issue a notification if they are
-not received for twice the last timeout of the values. If, for example, some
-hosts sends it's CPU statistics to the server every 60 seconds, a notification
-will be dispatched after about 120 seconds. It may take a little longer because
-the timeout is checked only once each B<Interval> on the server.
+not received for B<Timeout> iterations. The B<Timeout> configuration option is
+explained in section L<"GLOBAL OPTIONS">. If, for example, B<Timeout> is set to
+"2" (the default) and some hosts sends it's CPU statistics to the server every
+60 seconds, a notification will be dispatched after about 120 seconds. It may
+take a little longer because the timeout is checked only once each B<Interval>
+on the server.
 
 When a value comes within range again or is received after it was missing, an
 "OKAY-notification" is dispatched.
@@ -4498,7 +4955,7 @@ This is the same as writing:
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Built-in targets 
+=head2 Built-in targets
 
 The following targets are built into the core daemon and therefore need no
 plugins to be loaded:
@@ -4607,6 +5064,12 @@ Match values where the given regular expressions match the various fields of
 the identifier of a value. If multiple regular expressions are given, B<all>
 regexen must match for a value to match.
 
+=item B<Invert> B<false>|B<true>
+
+When set to B<true>, the result of the match is inverted, i.e. all value lists
+where all regular expressions apply are not matched, all other value lists are
+matched. Defaults to B<false>.
+
 =back
 
 Example: