From 2a177d3d56a841e6ab8e646a120e6060c7bbff25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Forster <octo@collectd.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 07:42:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5): Document the format expected by "sensors"'
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---
 src/collectd.conf.pod | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 89df66c78..70f24de78 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -8550,6 +8550,9 @@ on the B<IgnoreSelected> below. For example, the option "B<Sensor>
 I<it8712-isa-0290/voltage-in1>" will cause collectd to gather data for the
 voltage sensor I<in1> of the I<it8712> on the isa bus at the address 0290.
 
+The value passed to this option has the format
+"I<plugin_instance>/I<type>-I<type_instance>".
+
 See F</"IGNORELISTS"> for details.
 
 =item B<IgnoreSelected> I<true>|I<false>
-- 
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