diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16e619d24..7f562c3ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Features
 - [#427](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/427): zfs plugin: pool stats added. Thanks @allenpetersen!
 - [#428](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/428): Amazon Kinesis output. Thanks @jimmystewpot!
+- [#449](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/449): influxdb plugin, thanks @mark-rushakoff
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#430](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/issues/430): Network statistics removed in elasticsearch 2.1. Thanks @jipperinbham!
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ae313df1..89c469926 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ Telegraf currently has support for collecting metrics from:
 * exec (generic JSON-emitting executable plugin)
 * haproxy
 * httpjson (generic JSON-emitting http service plugin)
+* influxdb
 * jolokia (remote JMX with JSON over HTTP)
 * leofs
 * lustre2
diff --git a/plugins/influxdb/README.md b/plugins/influxdb/README.md
index c55aa1fc8..8d4727973 100644
--- a/plugins/influxdb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/influxdb/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ With a configuration of:
 
 ```toml
 [[plugins.influxdb]]
-  name = "produce"
   urls = [
     "http://127.0.0.1:8086/debug/vars",
     "http://192.168.2.1:8086/debug/vars"
@@ -58,10 +57,10 @@ And if 192.168.2.1 responds like so:
 Then the collected metrics will be:
 
 ```
-influxdb_produce_fruit,url='http://127.0.0.1:8086/debug/vars',kind='apple' inventory=371.0,sold=112.0
-influxdb_produce_fruit,url='http://127.0.0.1:8086/debug/vars',kind='banana' inventory=1000.0,sold=403.0
+influxdb_fruit,url='http://127.0.0.1:8086/debug/vars',kind='apple' inventory=371.0,sold=112.0
+influxdb_fruit,url='http://127.0.0.1:8086/debug/vars',kind='banana' inventory=1000.0,sold=403.0
 
-influxdb_produce_transactions,url='http://192.168.2.1:8086/debug/vars' total=100.0,balance=184.75
+influxdb_transactions,url='http://192.168.2.1:8086/debug/vars' total=100.0,balance=184.75
 ```
 
 There are two important details to note about the collected metrics:
diff --git a/plugins/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/influxdb/influxdb.go
index a261018ae..a4044364a 100644
--- a/plugins/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 type InfluxDB struct {
-	Name string
 	URLs []string `toml:"urls"`
 }
 
@@ -22,12 +21,9 @@ func (*InfluxDB) Description() string {
 
 func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
 	return `
-  # Reads InfluxDB-formatted JSON from given URLs.
-  # Works with InfluxDB debug endpoints out of the box, but other services can use this format too.
+  # Works with InfluxDB debug endpoints out of the box,
+  # but other services can use this format too.
   # See the influxdb plugin's README for more details.
-  [[plugins.influxdb]]
-  # Name to use for measurement
-  name = "influxdb"
 
   # Multiple URLs from which to read InfluxDB-formatted JSON
   urls = [
@@ -45,7 +41,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 		go func(url string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			if err := i.gatherURL(acc, url); err != nil {
-				errorChannel <- fmt.Errorf("[name=%s][url=%s]: %s", i.Name, url, err)
+				errorChannel <- fmt.Errorf("[url=%s]: %s", url, err)
 			}
 		}(u)
 	}
@@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) gatherURL(
 		p.Tags["url"] = url
 
 		acc.AddFields(
-			i.Name+"_"+p.Name,
+			p.Name,
 			p.Values,
 			p.Tags,
 		)