From 7e25f98eb5221516f13a787f2a8d80b4d69880cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nelson Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 14:39:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update kafka readme (cherry picked from commit b2bb44363af5dafec036ef558e09c9a2fcabab4b) --- plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md b/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md index b548deaa0..93182ba08 100644 --- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md +++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md @@ -88,14 +88,12 @@ This plugin writes to a [Kafka Broker](http://kafka.apache.org/07/quickstart.htm #### `max_retry` -This option controls the retries before notification of failure is displayed -per message when no acknowledgement is received from the broker. When this -option is greater than `0` it can reduce message latency and duplicate -messages in the case of transient errors, but may also increase the load on -the broker during periods of downtime. +This option controls the number of retries before a failure notification is +displayed for each message when no acknowledgement is received from the +broker. When the setting is greater than `0`, message latency can be reduced, +duplicate messages can occur in cases of transient errors, and broker loads +can increase during downtime. The option is similar to the [retries](https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#producerconfigs) Producer option in the Java Kafka Producer. - -