diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 29662a53..2114cc2a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ to export static metrics, such as what role a machine has. The Pushgateway should be used for service-level metrics. The textfile module is for metrics that are tied to a machine. -To use set the `--collector.textfile.directory` flag on the Node exporter. The +To use it, set the `--collector.textfile.directory` flag on the Node exporter. The collector will parse all files in that directory matching the glob `*.prom` using the [text format](http://prometheus.io/docs/instrumenting/exposition_formats/).