diff --git a/docs/include/output.asciidoc b/docs/include/output.asciidoc index 1a3d217e8..14a1e6d56 100644 --- a/docs/include/output.asciidoc +++ b/docs/include/output.asciidoc @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The following configuration options are supported by all output plugins: * Value type is <> * Default value is `"plain"` -The codec used for output data. Output codecs are a convenient method for encoding your data before it leaves the output, without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline. +The codec used for output data. Output codecs are a convenient method for encoding your data before it leaves the output without needing a separate filter in your Logstash pipeline. [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-enable_metric"] ===== `enable_metric` @@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ The codec used for output data. Output codecs are a convenient method for encodi * Value type is <> * Default value is `true` -Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance -by default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection +Disable or enable metric logging for this specific plugin instance. +By default we record all the metrics we can, but you can disable metrics collection for a specific plugin. [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-id"] @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ for a specific plugin. Add a unique `ID` to the plugin configuration. If no ID is specified, Logstash will generate one. It is strongly recommended to set this ID in your configuration. This is particularly useful -when you have two or more plugins of the same type, for example, if you have 2 {plugin} outputs. +when you have two or more plugins of the same type. For example, if you have 2 {plugin} outputs. Adding a named ID in this case will help in monitoring Logstash when using the monitoring APIs. ["source","json",subs="attributes"]