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diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
index 9e1da501..dcb98184 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
+++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
This is the expected format:</para>
<literallayout>
- 'label'=value[UOM];[crit];[warn][;[max];[min]]
+ 'label'=value[UOM];[warn];[crit];[min];[max]
</literallayout>
<para>Notes:</para>
@@ -261,10 +261,11 @@
</listitem>
<listitem><para>to specify a quote character, use two single quotes</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem><para>crit or warn may be null (if the threshold is not defined)</para>
+ <listitem><para>warn, crit, min or max may be null (for example, if the threshold is
+ not defined or min and max do not apply). Trailing unfilled semicolons can be
+ dropped</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem><para>max and min are optional. Holds maximum values for the
- particular UOM (not required if UOM=%)</para>
+ <listitem><para>min and max are not required if UOM=%</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para>value, crit, warn, max and min in class [-0-9.]. Must all be the
same UOM</para>