1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

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>