Keep leading whitespace for messages in syslog input (#4498)

2018-07-31 17:15:42 -07:00
parent ddf2d691e9
commit 6a32a7d85b
3 changed files with 40 additions and 5 deletions
--- a/plugins/inputs/syslog/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/syslog/README.md
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ Syslog messages should be formatted according to
  ## Only applies to stream sockets (e.g. TCP).
  # max_connections = 1024

-  ## Read timeout (default = 500ms).
+  ## Read timeout is the maximum time allowed for reading a single message (default = 5s).
  ## 0 means unlimited.
-  # read_timeout = 500ms
+  # read_timeout = "5s"

  ## Whether to parse in best effort mode or not (default = false).
  ## By default best effort parsing is off.