diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a144884b..2e64ca962 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ Currently implemented sources:
 * [sensors](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/sensors)
 * [snmp](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/snmp)
 * [snmp_legacy](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/snmp_legacy)
-* [solr](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/solr)
 * [sql server](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/sqlserver) (microsoft)
 * [twemproxy](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/twemproxy)
 * [varnish](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/varnish)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/solr/README.md b/plugins/inputs/solr/README.md
index f10e20c5c..59f64f1ea 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/solr/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/solr/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,17 @@ More about [performance statistics](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/
   ## specify a list of one or more Solr cores (default - all)
   # cores = ["main"]
 ```
+
+### Example output of gathered metrics:
+
+```
+➜  ~ telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter solr -test
+* Plugin: solr, Collection 1
+> solr_core,core=main,handler=searcher,host=testhost class_name="org.apache.solr.search.SolrIndexSearcher",deleted_docs=17616645i,max_docs=261848363i,num_docs=244231718i 1478214949000000000
+> solr_core,core=main,handler=core,host=testhost class_name="main",deleted_docs=0i,max_docs=0i,num_docs=0i 1478214949000000000
+> solr_queryhandler,core=main,handler=/replication,host=testhost 15min_rate_reqs_per_second=0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000444659081257,5min_rate_reqs_per_second=0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000014821969375,75th_pc_request_time=16.484211,95th_pc_request_time=16.484211,999th_pc_request_time=16.484211,99th_pc_request_time=16.484211,avg_requests_per_second=0.0000008443809966322143,avg_time_per_request=12.984811,class_name="org.apache.solr.handler.ReplicationHandler",errors=0i,handler_start=1474662050865i,median_request_time=11.352427,requests=3i,timeouts=0i,total_time=38.954433 1478214949000000000
+> solr_queryhandler,core=main,handler=/update/extract,host=testhost 15min_rate_reqs_per_second=0,5min_rate_reqs_per_second=0,75th_pc_request_time=0,95th_pc_request_time=0,999th_pc_request_time=0,99th_pc_request_time=0,avg_requests_per_second=0,avg_time_per_request=0,class_name="Lazy[solr.extraction.ExtractingRequestHandler]",errors=0i,handler_start=0i,median_request_time=0,requests=0i,timeouts=0i,total_time=0 1478214949000000000
+> solr_queryhandler,core=main,handler=org.apache.solr.handler.component.SearchHandler,host=testhost 15min_rate_reqs_per_second=0,5min_rate_reqs_per_second=0,75th_pc_request_time=0,95th_pc_request_time=0,999th_pc_request_time=0,99th_pc_request_time=0,avg_requests_per_second=0,avg_time_per_request=0,class_name="org.apache.solr.handler.component.SearchHandler",errors=0i,handler_start=1474662050861i,median_request_time=0,requests=0i,timeouts=0i,total_time=0 1478214949000000000
+> solr_queryhandler,core=main,handler=/tvrh,host=testhost 15min_rate_reqs_per_second=0,5min_rate_reqs_per_second=0,75th_pc_request_time=0,95th_pc_request_time=0,999th_pc_request_time=0,99th_pc_request_time=0,avg_requests_per_second=0,avg_time_per_request=0,class_name="Lazy[solr.SearchHandler]",errors=0i,handler_start=0i,median_request_time=0,requests=0i,timeouts=0i,total_time=0 1478214949000000000
+[…]
+```