diff --git a/ceilometer/collector/service.py b/ceilometer/collector/service.py
index 29002ac6e..9fd3cdacd 100644
--- a/ceilometer/collector/service.py
+++ b/ceilometer/collector/service.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class CollectorService(rpc_service.Service):
                 try:
                     self.conn.join_consumer_pool(
                         callback=self.process_notification,
-                        pool_name='ceilometer.notifications',
+                        pool_name=topic,
                         topic=topic,
                         exchange_name=exchange_topic.exchange,
                         ack_on_error=ack_on_error)
diff --git a/doc/source/install/manual.rst b/doc/source/install/manual.rst
index 5d3e54566..140e797fd 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/manual.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/manual.rst
@@ -381,6 +381,19 @@ Configuring keystone to work with API
    default port value for ceilometer API is 8777. If the port value
    has been customized, adjust accordingly.
 
+Notifications queues
+========================
+
+.. index::
+   double: installing; notifications queues
+
+By default, Ceilometer consumes notifications on the RPC bus sent to
+**notification_topics** by using a queue/pool name that is identical to the
+topic name. You shouldn't have different applications consuming messages
+from this queue.
+If you want to also consume the topic notifications with a system other than
+Ceilometer, you should configure a separate queue that listens for the same
+messages.
 
 Use multiple dispatchers
 ========================