Merge pull request elastic#954 from kurtado/doc/input/base

remove incorrect type statement, minor mods
pjeschko · Jan 20, 2014 · aab3ad0 · aab3ad0
2 parents 2a0566f + acbc9d8
commit aab3ad0
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 7 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/base.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/base.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 require "logstash/config/mixin"
 require "logstash/codecs/base"
 
-# This is the base class for logstash inputs.
+# This is the base class for Logstash inputs.
 class LogStash::Inputs::Base < LogStash::Plugin
   include LogStash::Config::Mixin
   config_name "input"
@@ -15,17 +15,14 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Base < LogStash::Plugin
   #
   # Types are used mainly for filter activation.
   #
-  # If you create an input with type "foobar", then only filters
-  # which also have type "foobar" will act on them.
-  #
-  # The type is also stored as part of the event itself, so you
-  # can also use the type to search for in the web interface.
+  # The type is stored as part of the event itself, so you can
+  # also use the type to search for it in the web interface.
   #
   # If you try to set a type on an event that already has one (for
   # example when you send an event from a shipper to an indexer) then
   # a new input will not override the existing type. A type set at 
   # the shipper stays with that event for its life even
-  # when sent to another LogStash server.
+  # when sent to another Logstash server.
   config :type, :validate => :string
 
   # Set this to true to enable debugging on an input.