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diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 4072d54c..fde34931 100644
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -2540,6 +2540,23 @@ do that: By setting B<IgnoreSelected> to I<true> the effect of
 B<Interface> is inverted: All selected interfaces are ignored and all
 other interfaces are collected.
 
+It is possible to use regular expressions to match interface names, if the
+name is surrounded by I</.../> and collectd was compiled with support for
+regexps. This is useful if there's a need to collect (or ignore) data
+for a group of interfaces that are similarly named, without the need to
+explicitly list all of them (especially useful if the list is dynamic).
+Example:
+
+ Interface "lo"
+ Interface "/^veth/"
+ Interface "/^tun[0-9]+/"
+ IgnoreSelected "true"
+
+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<UniqueName> I<true>|I<false>
 
 Interface name is not unique on Solaris (KSTAT), interface name is unique 
@@ -2591,9 +2608,13 @@ a notification is sent.
 
 =item B<Chain> I<Table> I<Chain> [I<Comment|Number> [I<Name>]]
 
-Select the rules to count. If only I<Table> and I<Chain> are given, this plugin
-will collect the counters of all rules which have a comment-match. The comment
-is then used as type-instance.
+=item B<Chain6> I<Table> I<Chain> [I<Comment|Number> [I<Name>]]
+
+Select the iptables/ip6tables filter rules to count packets and bytes from.
+
+If only I<Table> and I<Chain> are given, this plugin will collect the counters
+of all rules which have a comment-match. The comment is then used as
+type-instance.
 
 If I<Comment> or I<Number> is given, only the rule with the matching comment or
 the I<n>th rule will be collected. Again, the comment (or the number) will be
@@ -6267,9 +6288,9 @@ removed from the internal cache.
 
 =item B<CounterSum> B<false>|B<true>
 
-When enabled, create a C<count> metric which reports the change since the last
+When enabled, creates a C<count> metric which reports the change since the last
 read. This option primarily exists for compatibility with the I<statsd>
-impelemtation by Etsy.
+implementation by Etsy.
 
 =item B<TimerPercentile> I<Percent>