- * The variadic arguments is a list of type_instance / gauge pairs, that are
- * interpreted as type "char const *" and "gauge_t". The last argument must be
+ * The variadic arguments is a list of type_instance / type pairs, that are
+ * interpreted as type "char const *" and type, encoded by their corresponding
+ * "store_type":
+ *
+ * - "gauge_t" when "DS_TYPE_GAUGE"
+ * - "absolute_t" when "DS_TYPE_ABSOLUTE"
+ * - "derive_t" when "DS_TYPE_DERIVE"
+ * - "counter_t" when "DS_TYPE_COUNTER"
+ *
+ * The last argument must be