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@@ -115,8 +115,14 @@ site].
 
 ==== Custom Patterns
 
-Sometimes logstash doesn't have a pattern you need. For this, you have
-a few options.
+Sometimes Logstash doesn't have a pattern you need. For this, you have
+three options:
+
+* Define pattern using the *Oniguruma syntax*. Note that this will prevent you from setting a nested field (`[foo][bar]`) as a target.
+* Define pattern in a *custom patterns file*. Use this if you have many patterns to define and/or if you want to use your patterns in many places but define them at one place.
+* Define pattern *inline* in the filter using `pattern_definitions`. Use this if the pattern you are defining is only used in the current grok filter call.
+
+===== Oniguruma syntax
 
 First, you can use the Oniguruma syntax for named capture which will
 let you match a piece of text and save it as a field:
@@ -128,6 +134,8 @@ hexadecimal value. I can capture that easily like this:
 [source,ruby]
     (?<queue_id>[0-9A-F]{10,11})
 
+===== Custom patterns file
+
 Alternately, you can create a custom patterns file.
 
 * Create a directory called `patterns` with a file in it called `extra`
@@ -170,6 +178,8 @@ The above will match and result in the following fields:
 The `timestamp`, `logsource`, `program`, and `pid` fields come from the
 `SYSLOGBASE` pattern which itself is defined by other patterns.
 
+===== Inline definition with `pattern_definitions`
+
 Another option is to define patterns _inline_ in the filter using `pattern_definitions`.
 This is mostly for convenience and allows user to define a pattern which can be used just in that 
 filter. This newly defined patterns in `pattern_definitions` will not be available outside of that particular `grok` filter.