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-Fetch metrics in the Prometheus metrics inside or outside Kubernetes and send them to the New Relic Metrics platform.
+Fetch metrics in the Prometheus metrics format, inside or outside Kubernetes,
+and send them to the New Relic Metrics platform.
 
 ## How to use it?