From 7d3d664eb853166e16380fa7e7fc09965c2c5128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aliaksandr Valialkin <valyala@victoriametrics.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2023 14:04:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md: make it clear that
 VictoriaMetrics supports both pull and push protocols at `how to import time
 series data` chapter

---
 docs/README.md                        | 4 +++-
 docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 1756b16d92..94a8fd9609 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -1086,7 +1086,9 @@ The [deduplication](#deduplication) isn't applied for the data exported in nativ
 
 ## How to import time series data
 
-Time series data can be imported into VictoriaMetrics via any supported data ingestion protocol:
+VictoriaMetrics can discover and scrape metrics from Prometheus-compatible targets (aka "pull" protocol) -
+see [these docs](#how-to-scrape-prometheus-exporters-such-as-node-exporter).
+Additionally, VictoriaMetrics can accept metrics via the following popular data ingestion protocols (aka "push" protocols):
 
 * [Prometheus remote_write API](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_write). See [these docs](#prometheus-setup) for details.
 * DataDog `submit metrics` API. See [these docs](#how-to-send-data-from-datadog-agent) for details.
diff --git a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
index fcdf48a47a..b47890b724 100644
--- a/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
+++ b/docs/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.md
@@ -1089,7 +1089,9 @@ The [deduplication](#deduplication) isn't applied for the data exported in nativ
 
 ## How to import time series data
 
-Time series data can be imported into VictoriaMetrics via any supported data ingestion protocol:
+VictoriaMetrics can discover and scrape metrics from Prometheus-compatible targets (aka "pull" protocol) -
+see [these docs](#how-to-scrape-prometheus-exporters-such-as-node-exporter).
+Additionally, VictoriaMetrics can accept metrics via the following popular data ingestion protocols (aka "push" protocols):
 
 * [Prometheus remote_write API](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_write). See [these docs](#prometheus-setup) for details.
 * DataDog `submit metrics` API. See [these docs](#how-to-send-data-from-datadog-agent) for details.