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diff --git a/src/collectd.pod b/src/collectd.pod
index c10ae780..8e68fc01 100644
--- a/src/collectd.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.pod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+=encoding UTF-8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 collectd - System statistics collection daemon
@@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ directory.
 Test the configuration only. The program immediately exits after parsing the
 config file. A return code not equal to zero indicates an error.
 
+=item B<-T>
+
+Test the plugin read callbacks only. The program immediately exits after invoking
+the read callbacks once. A return code not equal to zero indicates an error.
+
 =item B<-P> I<E<lt>pid-fileE<gt>>
 
 Specify an alternative pid file. This overwrites any settings in the config 
@@ -42,7 +49,11 @@ config-option.
 
 Don't fork to the background. I<collectd> will also B<not> close standard file
 descriptors, detach from the session nor write a pid file. This is mainly
-thought for 'supervising' init replacements such as I<runit>.
+thought for 'supervising' init replacements such as I<runit>. If using
+I<upstart> or I<systemd> though, starting with version 5.5.0 I<collectd> is
+able to notify these two init replacements, and B<does> require forking to the
+background for process supervision. The F<contrib/> directory has sample
+I<upstart> and I<systemd> configuration files.
 
 =item B<-h>
 
@@ -61,7 +72,7 @@ There are two big groups of plugins, B<input> and B<output> plugins:
 
 =over 4
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Input plugins are queried periodically. They somehow acquire the current value
 of whatever they where designed to work with and submit these values back to
@@ -69,7 +80,7 @@ the daemon, i. e. they "dispatch" the values. As an example, the C<cpu plugin>
 reads the current cpu-counters of time spent in the various modes (user,
 system, nice, ...) and dispatches these counters to the daemon.
 
-=item
+=item *
 
 Output plugins get the dispatched values from the daemon and does something
 with them. Common applications are writing to RRD-files, CSV-files or sending
@@ -131,6 +142,6 @@ L<http://collectd.org/>
 
 =head1 AUTHOR
 
-Florian Forster E<lt>octo@verplant.orgE<gt>
+Florian Forster E<lt>octo@collectd.orgE<gt>
 
 =cut