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diff --git a/proto/collectd.proto b/proto/collectd.proto
index 8fea4f4f..917c5deb 100644
--- a/proto/collectd.proto
+++ b/proto/collectd.proto
@@ -30,33 +30,33 @@ option go_package = "collectd.org/rpc/proto";
 import "types.proto";
 
 service Collectd {
-	// Query a list of values available from collectd's value cache.
-	rpc QueryValues(QueryValuesRequest) returns (stream QueryValuesResponse);
-}
-
-service Dispatch {
-  // DispatchValues sends a stream of ValueLists to the server.
-  rpc DispatchValues(stream DispatchValuesRequest) returns (DispatchValuesResponse);
+  // DispatchValues reads the value lists from the DispatchValuesRequest stream.
+  // The gRPC server embedded into collectd will inject them into the system
+  // just like the network plugin.
+  rpc DispatchValues(stream DispatchValuesRequest)
+      returns (DispatchValuesResponse);
+
+  // QueryValues returns a stream of matching value lists from collectd's
+  // internal cache.
+  rpc QueryValues(QueryValuesRequest) returns (stream QueryValuesResponse);
 }
 
 // The arguments to DispatchValues.
 message DispatchValuesRequest {
-	collectd.types.ValueList value_list = 1;
+  // value_list is the metric to be sent to the server.
+  collectd.types.ValueList value_list = 1;
 }
 
 // The response from DispatchValues.
-message DispatchValuesResponse {
-}
+message DispatchValuesResponse {}
 
 // The arguments to QueryValues.
 message QueryValuesRequest {
-	// Query by the fields of the identifier. Only return values matching the
-	// specified shell wildcard patterns (see fnmatch(3)). Use '*' to match
-	// any value.
-	collectd.types.Identifier identifier = 1;
+  // Query by the fields of the identifier. Only return values matching the
+  // specified shell wildcard patterns (see fnmatch(3)). Use '*' to match
+  // any value.
+  collectd.types.Identifier identifier = 1;
 }
 
 // The response from QueryValues.
-message QueryValuesResponse {
-	collectd.types.ValueList value_list = 1;
-}
+message QueryValuesResponse { collectd.types.ValueList value_list = 1; }