From 4d1c4032ccb740d5b0f5f5154950cf12724facb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Robinson <george.robinson@grafana.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 09:32:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: small doc fix, missing period end of help (#20681)

---
 docs/sources/shared/configuration.md |  4 ++--
 pkg/dataobj/consumer/config.go       | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/sources/shared/configuration.md b/docs/sources/shared/configuration.md
index 2a0c11fcdc..4b628cfff4 100644
--- a/docs/sources/shared/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/sources/shared/configuration.md
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ dataobj:
       [shaprefixsize: <int> | default = 2]
 
     # The maximum amount of time to wait in seconds before flushing an object
-    # that is no longer receiving new writes
+    # that is no longer receiving new writes.
     # CLI flag: -dataobj-consumer.idle-flush-timeout
     [idle_flush_timeout: <duration> | default = 1h]
 
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ dataobj:
     # CLI flag: -dataobj-consumer.max-builder-age
     [max_builder_age: <duration> | default = 1h]
 
-    # The name of the Kafka topic
+    # The name of the Kafka topic.
     # CLI flag: -dataobj-consumer.topic
     [topic: <string> | default = ""]
 
diff --git a/pkg/dataobj/consumer/config.go b/pkg/dataobj/consumer/config.go
index 194c67f918..34d78a251a 100644
--- a/pkg/dataobj/consumer/config.go
+++ b/pkg/dataobj/consumer/config.go
@@ -50,8 +50,21 @@ func (cfg *Config) RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(prefix string, f *flag.FlagSet) {
 	cfg.LifecyclerConfig.RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(prefix, f, util_log.Logger)
 	cfg.PartitionRingConfig.RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(prefix, f)
 	cfg.UploaderConfig.RegisterFlagsWithPrefix(prefix, f)
-
-	f.StringVar(&cfg.Topic, prefix+"topic", "", "The name of the Kafka topic")
-	f.DurationVar(&cfg.IdleFlushTimeout, prefix+"idle-flush-timeout", 60*60*time.Second, "The maximum amount of time to wait in seconds before flushing an object that is no longer receiving new writes")
-	f.DurationVar(&cfg.MaxBuilderAge, prefix+"max-builder-age", time.Hour, "The maximum amount of time to accumulate data in a builder before flushing it. Defaults to 1 hour.")
+	f.StringVar(
+		&cfg.Topic,
+		prefix+"topic",
+		"",
+		"The name of the Kafka topic.",
+	)
+	f.DurationVar(
+		&cfg.IdleFlushTimeout,
+		prefix+"idle-flush-timeout",
+		time.Hour,
+		"The maximum amount of time to wait in seconds before flushing an object that is no longer receiving new writes.",
+	)
+	f.DurationVar(&cfg.MaxBuilderAge,
+		prefix+"max-builder-age",
+		time.Hour,
+		"The maximum amount of time to accumulate data in a builder before flushing it. Defaults to 1 hour.",
+	)
 }