diff --git a/docs/Plugins.md b/docs/Plugins.md index 50db80de..5f5ce5f4 100644 --- a/docs/Plugins.md +++ b/docs/Plugins.md @@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ The additional directives are described in the following table. The directives a The main purpose of the stale_age directive is to detect if the JSON file stops updating (e.g., due to a bug or system failure). See the description of the monasca.json_plugin.status metric below. -The main purpose of the replace_timestamps directive is where the mechanism to write the JSON file runs infrequently or erratically. Every time Monasa Agent runs, the metrics +The main purpose of the replace_timestamps directive is where the mechanism to write the JSON file runs infrequently or erratically. Every time Monasca Agent runs, the metrics are reported with the current time -- whether or not the file is updated. In this mode, you do not need to supply a timestamp (in fact, any timestamp you include is ignored). Also the stale_age directive is also ignored.