diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cf85c7..37067fe 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ This has not yet been extensively tested with all JDBC drivers and may not yet w
 ## Configuration options
   * driver_class, string, JDBC driver class to load
   * connection_string, string, JDBC connection string
-  * statement, array, an array of strings representing the SQL statement to run. Index 0 is the SQL statement that is prepared, all other array entries are passed in as parameters (in order). See example configurations below.
+  * statement, array, an array of strings representing the SQL statement to run. Index 0 is the SQL statement that is prepared, all other array entries are passed in as parameters (in order). A parameter may either be a property of the event (i.e. "@timestamp", or "host") or a formatted string (i.e. "%{host} - %{message}" or "%{message}"). If a key is passed then it will be automatically converted as required for insertion into SQL. If it's a formatted string then it will be passed in verbatim.
   * flush_size, number, default = 1000, number of entries to buffer before sending to SQL
-  * idle_flush_time, number, default = 1, number of idle seconds before sending data to SQL, even if the flush_size has not been reached
+  * idle_flush_time, number, default = 1, number of idle seconds before sending data to SQL, even if the flush_size has not been reached. If you modify this value you should also consider altering max_repeat_exceptions_time
+  * max_repeat_exceptions, number, default = 5, number of times the same exception can repeat before we stop logstash. Set to a value less than 1 if you never want it to stop
+  * max_repeat_exceptions_time, number, default = 30, maxium number of seconds between exceptions before they're considered "different" exceptions. If you modify idle_flush_time you should consider this value
 
 ## Example configurations
 ### SQLite3
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ output {
 	jdbc {
 		driver_class => 'org.sqlite.JDBC'
 		connection_string => 'jdbc:sqlite:test.db'
-		statement => [ "INSERT INTO log (host, timestamp, message) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", "%{host}", "%{@timestamp}", "%{message}" ]
+		statement => [ "INSERT INTO log (host, timestamp, message) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", "host", "@timestamp", "message" ]
 	}
 }
 ```
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ output {
 	jdbc {
 		driver_class => 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver'
 		connection_string => "jdbc:sqlserver://server:1433;databaseName=databasename;user=username;password=password;autoReconnect=true;"
-		statement => [ "INSERT INTO log (host, timestamp, message) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", "%{host}", "%{@timestamp}", "%{message}" ]
+		statement => [ "INSERT INTO log (host, timestamp, message) VALUES(?, ?, ?)", "host", "@timestamp", "message" ]
 	}
 }
 ```