collectd-{exec,unixsock}(5): Documented how to pass identifiers with spaces.

[collectd.git] / src / collectd-exec.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod
index 59ce399..d935c70 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd-exec.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ description of the format of this file.
 
 The I<OptionList> is an optional list of I<Options>, where each option if a
 key-value-pair. A list of currently understood options can be found below, all
-other options will be ignored.
+other options will be ignored. Values that contain spaces must be quoted with
+double quotes.
 
 I<Valuelist> is a colon-separated list of the time and the values, each either
 an integer if the data-source is a counter, or a double if the data-source is
@@ -139,10 +140,9 @@ Valid options are:
 =item B<message=>I<Message> (B<REQUIRED>)
 
 Sets the message of the notification. This is the message that will be made
-accessible to the user, so it should contain some useful information. This
-option must be the last option because the rest of the line will be its value,
-even if there are spaces and equal-signs following it! This option is
-mandatory.
+accessible to the user, so it should contain some useful information. As with
+all options: If the message includes spaces, it must be quoted with double
+quotes. This option is mandatory.
 
 =item B<severity=failure>|B<warning>|B<okay> (B<REQUIRED>)