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+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 # Statsd
 
-## Sample pillar
+## Sample pillars
 
-### Standalone statsd server
+Standalone Statsd server with Graphite/carbon backend
 
     statsd:
       server:
@@ -11,12 +11,39 @@
         bind:
           port: 8125
           address: 0.0.0.0
-        backends:
-        - type: graphite
+        backend:
+          engine: carbon
+          host: metrics1.domain.com
+          port: 2003
+
+Standalone Statsd server with Graphite/AMQP backend
+
+    statsd:
+      server:
+        enabled: true
+        bind:
+          port: 8125
+          address: 0.0.0.0
+        backend:
+          engine: amqp
+          host: metrics1.domain.com
+          port: 2003
+
+Standalone Statsd server with OpenTSDB backend
+
+    statsd:
+      server:
+        enabled: true
+        bind:
+          port: 8125
+          address: 0.0.0.0
+        backend:
+          engine: amqp
           host: metrics1.domain.com
           port: 2003
     
 ## Read more
 
 * https://github.com/etsy/statsd/
-* https://github.com/mrtazz/statsd-amqp-backend
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+* https://github.com/mrtazz/statsd-amqp-backend
+* https://github.com/danslimmon/statsd-opentsdb-backend