Document path tag in tail input

2018-06-21 18:02:34 -07:00
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--- a/plugins/inputs/tail/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tail/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# tail Input Plugin
+# Tail Input Plugin

 The tail plugin "tails" a logfile and parses each log message.

@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ The plugin expects messages in one of the
  data_format = "influx"
 ```

+### Metrics:
+
+Metrics are produced according to the `data_format` option.  Additionally a
+tag labeled `path` is added to the metric containing the filename being tailed.