diff --git a/docs/metric_types.md b/docs/metric_types.md index e839cd07..53cdda23 100644 --- a/docs/metric_types.md +++ b/docs/metric_types.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Tells StatsD that this counter is being sent sampled every 1/10th of the time. Timing ------ - glork:320|ms + glork:320|ms|@0.1 The glork took 320ms to complete this time. StatsD figures out percentiles, average (mean), standard deviation, sum, lower and upper bounds for the flush interval. @@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Examples: [ { metric: 'foo', bins: [] }, { metric: '', bins: [ 50, 100, 150, 200, 'inf'] } ] +Statsd also maintains a counter for each timer metric. The 3rd field +specifies the sample rate for this counter (in this example @0.1). The field +is optional and defaults to 1. + Note: * first match for a metric wins.