ascent: Add support for specifying a connection timeout

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 991a803..25bb25a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -869,6 +869,12 @@ File that holds one or more SSL certificates. If you want to use HTTPS you will
 possibly need this option. What CA certificates come bundled with C<libcurl>
 and are checked by default depends on the distribution you use.
 
+=item B<Timeout> I<Milliseconds>
+
+The B<Timeout> option sets the overall timeout for HTTP requests, in
+milliseconds. By default, the configured B<Interval> is used to set the
+timeout.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<barometer>