Merge pull request #1701 from fluent/lynettemiles/sc-136163/update-fluent-bit-docs-pipeline-filters-throttle

Author: esmerel

pipeline/filters/throttle.md

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Throttle
 
-The _Throttle Filter_ plugin sets the average _Rate_ of messages per _Interval_, based on leaky bucket and sliding window algorithm. In case of overflood, it will leak within certain rate.
+The _Throttle_ filter sets the average `Rate` of messages per `Interval`, based on the leaky bucket and sliding window algorithm. In case of flooding, it will leak at a certain rate.
 
-## Configuration Parameters
+## Configuration parameters
 
 The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
 
 | Key | Value Format | Description |
 | :--- | :--- | :--- |
-| Rate | Integer | Amount of messages for the time. |
-| Window | Integer | Amount of intervals to calculate average over. Default 5. |
-| Interval | String | Time interval, expressed in "sleep" format. e.g 3s, 1.5m, 0.5h etc |
-| Print\_Status | Bool | Whether to print status messages with current rate and the limits to information logs |
+| `Rate` | `Integer` | Amount of messages for the time. |
+| `Window` | `Integer` | Amount of intervals to calculate average over. Default: `5`. |
+| `Interval` | `String` | Time interval, expressed in `sleep` format. For example, `3s`, `1.5m`, `0.5h`. |
+| `Print_Status` | `Bool` | Whether to print status messages with current rate and the limits to information logs. |
 
 ## Functional description
 
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ Window 5
 Interval 1s
 ```
 
-You would received 1 message in the first second, 3 messages second, and 5 third.
-Disregard that Window is actually 5, because the configuration uses `slow` start
-to prevent flooding during the startup.
+You would receive 1 message in the first second, 3 messages second, and 5 third. Disregard that Window is actually 5, because the configuration uses `slow` start to prevent flooding during the startup.
 
 ```text
 +-------+-+-+-+
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ to prevent flooding during the startup.
 +-----+
 ```
 
-But as soon as we reached Window size \* Interval, we will have true sliding window with aggregation over complete window.
+But as soon as you reach `Window size * Interval`, you will have true sliding window with aggregation over complete window.
 
 ```text
 +-------------+
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ But as soon as we reached Window size \* Interval, we will have true sliding win
   ----------+
 ```
 
-When we have average over window is more than Rate, we will start dropping messages, so that
+When the average over window is more than `Rate`, Fluent Bit starts dropping messages, so the following:
 
 ```text
 +-------------+
@@ -65,11 +63,11 @@ will become:
     +---------+
 ```
 
-As you can see, last pane of the window was overwritten and 1 message was dropped.
+The last pane of the window was overwritten and 1 message was dropped.
 
-### Interval vs Window size
+### Interval versus Window size
 
-You might noticed possibility to configure _Interval_ of the _Window_ shift. It is counter intuitive, but there is a difference between two examples above:
+You might notice it's possible to configure the `Interval` of the `Window` shift. It's counter intuitive, but there is a difference between the two previous examples:
 
 ```text
 Rate 60
@@ -85,7 +83,7 @@ Window 300
 Interval 1s
 ```
 
-Even though both examples will allow maximum Rate of 60 messages per minute, first example may get all 60 messages within first second, and will drop all the rest for the entire minute:
+Even though both examples will allow maximum `Rate` of 60 messages per minute, the first example might get all 60 messages within first second, and will drop all the rest for the entire minute:
 
 ```text
 XX        XX        XX
@@ -97,24 +95,24 @@ XX        XX        XX
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ```
 
-While the second example will not allow more than 1 message per second every second, making output rate more smooth:
+While the second example won't allow more than 1 message per second every second, making output rate more smooth:
 
 ```text
   X    X     X    X    X    X
 XXXX XXXX  XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
 +-+-+-+-+-+--+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ```
 
-It may drop some data if the rate is ragged. I would recommend to use bigger interval and rate for streams of rare but important events, while keep _Window_ bigger and _Interval_ small for constantly intensive inputs.
+Fluent Bit might drop some data if the rate is ragged. Use bigger intervals and rates for streams of rare but important events, while keeping `Window` bigger and `Interval` smaller for constantly intensive inputs.
 
-### Command Line
+### Command line
 
-> Note: It's suggested to use a configuration file.
+It's suggested to use a configuration file.
 
-The following command will load the _tail_ plugin and read the content of _lines.txt_ file. Then the _throttle_ filter will apply a rate limit and only _pass_ the records which are read below the certain _rate_:
+The following command will load the Tail plugin and read the content of the `lines.txt` file. Then, the Throttle filter will apply a rate limit and only pass the records which are read below the `rate`:
 
-```text
-$ bin/fluent-bit -i tail -p 'path=lines.txt' -F throttle -p 'rate=1' -m '*' -o stdout
+```shell
+bin/fluent-bit -i tail -p 'path=lines.txt' -F throttle -p 'rate=1' -m '*' -o stdout
 ```
 
 ### Configuration File
@@ -136,4 +134,4 @@ $ bin/fluent-bit -i tail -p 'path=lines.txt' -F throttle -p 'rate=1' -m '*' -o s
     Match  *
 ```
 
-The example above will pass 1000 messages per second in average over 300 seconds.
+This example will pass 1000 messages per second in average over 300 seconds.