diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 35e65aa..cb7df19 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -91,8 +91,10 @@ NOTE: Version 0.7.0 switched to the [kingpin](https://github.com/alecthomas/king ## Metric Mapping and Configuration The `statsd_exporter` can be configured to translate specific dot-separated StatsD -metrics into labeled Prometheus metrics via a simple mapping language. A -mapping definition starts with a line matching the StatsD metric in question, +metrics into labeled Prometheus metrics via a simple mapping language. The config +file is watched for changes and automatically reloaded. + +A mapping definition starts with a line matching the StatsD metric in question, with `*`s acting as wildcards for each dot-separated metric component. The lines following the matching expression must contain one `label="value"` pair each, and at least define the metric name (label name `name`). The Prometheus