Adding upstream version 1.16.1.upstream/1.16.1

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/backends/opentsdb/README.md b/backends/opentsdb/README.md
index 3d57e2e1..ab1f08bd 100644
--- a/backends/opentsdb/README.md
+++ b/backends/opentsdb/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # OpenTSDB with HTTP
 
-Since version 1.16 the Netdata has the feature to communicate with OpenTSDB using HTTP API. To enable this channel
-it is necessary to set the following options in your netdata.conf
+Netdata can easily communicate with OpenTSDB using HTTP API. To enable this channel, set the following options in your `netdata.conf`:
 
 ```
 [backend]
@@ -9,13 +8,13 @@ it is necessary to set the following options in your netdata.conf
     destination = localhost:4242
 ```
 
-, in this example we are considering that OpenTSDB is running with its default port (4242).
+In this example, OpenTSDB is running with its default port, which is `4242`. If you run OpenTSDB on a different port, change the `destination = localhost:4242` line accordingly.
 
 ## HTTPS
 
-Netdata also supports sending the metrics using SSL/TLS, but OpenTDSB does not have support to safety connections,
-so it will be necessary to configure a reverse-proxy to enable the HTTPS communication. After to configure your proxy the
-following changes must be done in the netdata.conf:
+As of [v1.16.0](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/tag/v1.16.0), Netdata can send metrics to OpenTSDB using TLS/SSL. Unfortunately, OpenTDSB does not support encrypted connections, so you will have to configure a reverse proxy to enable HTTPS communication between Netdata and OpenTSBD. You can set up a reverse proxy with [Nginx](../../docs/Running-behind-nginx.md).
+
+After your proxy is configured, make the following changes to `netdata.conf`:
 
 ```
 [backend]
@@ -23,4 +22,4 @@ following changes must be done in the netdata.conf:
     destination = localhost:8082
 ```
 
-In this example we used the port 8082 for our reverse proxy.
+In this example, we used the port `8082` for our reverse proxy. If your reverse proxy listens on a different port, change the `destination = localhost:8082` line accordingly.