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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 9e57f87f..ac06547f 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -404,13 +404,13 @@ There are a couple of limitations you should be aware of:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 The I<Type> cannot be left unspecified, because it is not reasonable to add
 apples to oranges. Also, the internal lookup structure won't work if you try
 to group by type.
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 There must be at least one unspecified, ungrouped field. Otherwise nothing
 will be aggregated.
@@ -485,19 +485,19 @@ This will create the files:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-idle
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-system
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 foo.example.com/cpu-even-average/cpu-user
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 ...
 
@@ -1407,11 +1407,11 @@ as Jiffies, using the C<cpu> type. Two aggregations are available:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Sum, per-state, over all CPUs installed in the system; and
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Sum, per-CPU, over all non-idle states of a CPU, creating an "active" state.
 
@@ -2735,6 +2735,18 @@ This will ignore the loopback interface, all interfaces with names starting
 with I<veth> and all interfaces with names starting with I<tun> followed by
 at least one digit.
 
+=item B<ReportInactive> I<true>|I<false>
+
+When set to I<false>, only interfaces with non-zero traffic will be
+reported. Note that the check is done by looking into whether a
+package was sent at any time from boot and the corresponding counter
+is non-zero. So, if the interface has been sending data in the past
+since boot, but not during the reported time-interval, it will still
+be reported.
+
+The default value is I<true> and results in collection of the data
+from all interfaces that are selected by B<Interface> and
+B<IgnoreSelected> options.
 
 =item B<UniqueName> I<true>|I<false>
 
@@ -4679,11 +4691,11 @@ Sets the I<command file> to write to. Defaults to F</usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nag
 
 =head2 Plugin C<ntpd>
 
-The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntpd data such as time offset and time
+The C<ntpd> plugin collects per-peer ntp data such as time offset and time
 dispersion.
 
 For talking to B<ntpd>, it mimics what the B<ntpdc> control program does on
-wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
+the wire - using B<mode 7> specific requests. This mode is deprecated with
 newer B<ntpd> releases (4.2.7p230 and later). For the C<ntpd> plugin to work
 correctly with them, the ntp daemon must be explicitly configured to
 enable B<mode 7> (which is disabled by default). Refer to the I<ntp.conf(5)>
@@ -6456,6 +6468,22 @@ collected. If at least one B<Disk> option is given and no B<IgnoreSelected> or
 set to B<false>, B<only> matching disks will be collected. If B<IgnoreSelected>
 is set to B<true>, all disks are collected B<except> the ones matched.
 
+=item B<IgnoreSleepMode> B<true>|B<false>
+
+Normally, the C<smart> plugin will ignore disks that are reported to be asleep.
+This option disables the sleep mode check and allows the plugin to collect data
+from these disks anyway. This is useful in cases where libatasmart mistakenly
+reports disks as asleep because it has not been updated to incorporate support
+for newer idle states in the ATA spec.
+
+=item B<UseSerial> B<true>|B<false>
+
+A disk's kernel name (e.g., sda) can change from one boot to the next. If this
+option is enabled, the C<smart> plugin will use the disk's serial number (e.g.,
+HGST_HUH728080ALE600_2EJ8VH8X) instead of the kernel name as the key for
+storing data. This ensures that the data for a given disk will be kept together
+even if the kernel name changes.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Plugin C<snmp>
@@ -7193,20 +7221,20 @@ The following methods are used to find the machine's UUID, in order:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Check I</etc/uuid> (or I<UUIDFile>).
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Check for UUID from HAL (L<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal>) if
 present.
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Check for UUID from C<dmidecode> / SMBIOS.
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Check for UUID from Xen hypervisor.
 
@@ -7793,11 +7821,12 @@ Define which SSL protocol version must be used. By default C<libcurl> will
 attempt to figure out the remote SSL protocol version. See
 L<curl_easy_setopt(3)> for more details.
 
-=item B<Format> B<Command>|B<JSON>
+=item B<Format> B<Command>|B<JSON>|B<KAIROSDB>
 
 Format of the output to generate. If set to B<Command>, will create output that
 is understood by the I<Exec> and I<UnixSock> plugins. When set to B<JSON>, will
-create output in the I<JavaScript Object Notation> (JSON).
+create output in the I<JavaScript Object Notation> (JSON). When set to KAIROSDB
+, will create output in the KairosDB format.
 
 Defaults to B<Command>.