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diff --git a/health/notifications/slack/README.md b/health/notifications/slack/README.md
index 45be45197..6e578282e 100644
--- a/health/notifications/slack/README.md
+++ b/health/notifications/slack/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Slack.com notifications
+# Slack
This is what you will get:
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2662304/18407116/bbd0fee6-7710-11e6-81cf-58c0defaee2b.png)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Set them in `/etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf` (to edit it on your system r
# sending slack notifications
# note: multiple recipients can be given like this:
-# "CHANNEL1 CHANNEL2 ..."
+# "RECIPIENT1 RECIPIENT2 ..."
# enable/disable sending pushover notifications
SEND_SLACK="YES"
@@ -27,14 +27,23 @@ SEND_SLACK="YES"
# Without it, netdata cannot send slack notifications.
SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
-# if a role recipient is not configured, a notification will be send to
-# this slack channel:
+# if a role's recipients are not configured, a notification will be send to:
+# - A slack channel (syntax: '#channel' or 'channel')
+# - A slack user (syntax: '@user')
+# - The channel or user defined in slack for the webhook (syntax: '#')
+# empty = do not send a notification for unconfigured roles
DEFAULT_RECIPIENT_SLACK="alarms"
```
-You can define multiple channels like this: `alarms systems`.
-You can give different channels per **role** using these (at the same file):
+You can define multiple recipients like this: `# #alarms systems @myuser`.
+This example will send the alarm to:
+- The recipient defined in slack for the webhook (not known to netdata)
+- The channel 'alarms'
+- The channel 'systems'
+- The user @myuser
+
+You can give different recipients per **role** using these (at the same file):
```
role_recipients_slack[sysadmin]="systems"
@@ -42,4 +51,4 @@ role_recipients_slack[dba]="databases systems"
role_recipients_slack[webmaster]="marketing development"
```
-The keywords `systems`, `databases`, `marketing`, `development` are slack.com channels (they should already exist in slack).
+[![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Fhealth%2Fnotifications%2Fslack%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]()