=item B<PUTVAL> I<Identifier> [I<OptionList>] I<Valuelist>
Submits one or more values (identified by I<Identifier>, see below) to the
-daemon which will dispatch it to all it's write-plugins.
+daemon which will dispatch it to all its write-plugins.
An I<Identifier> is of the form
C<I<host>B</>I<plugin>B<->I<instance>B</>I<type>B<->I<instance>> with both
or B<type_instance> without B<type> doesn't make much sense and should be
avoided.
+=item B<type:key=>I<value>
+
+Sets user defined meta information. The B<type> key is a single character
+defining the type of the meta information.
+
+The current supported types are:
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<s> A string passed as-is.
+
+=back
+
=back
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
-Florian Forster E<lt>octo@verplant.orgE<gt>
+Florian Forster E<lt>octo@collectd.orgE<gt>
=cut