diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/README.md b/plugins/outputs/http/README.md
index 2af3fb27a..5005e9f02 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/README.md
@@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ data formats.  For data_formats that support batching, metrics are sent in batch
   # username = "username"
   # password = "pa$$word"
 
-  ## Additional HTTP headers
-  # [outputs.http.headers]
-  #   # Should be set manually to "application/json" for json data_format
-  #   Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
-
   ## Optional TLS Config
   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
@@ -38,4 +33,9 @@ data formats.  For data_formats that support batching, metrics are sent in batch
   ## more about them here:
   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
   # data_format = "influx"
+  
+  ## Additional HTTP headers
+  # [outputs.http.headers]
+  #   # Should be set manually to "application/json" for json data_format
+  #   Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
index 4b769a467..198aefe07 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/http.go
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   # username = "username"
   # password = "pa$$word"
 
-  ## Additional HTTP headers
-  # [outputs.http.headers]
-  #   # Should be set to "application/json" for json data_format
-  #   Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
-
   ## Optional TLS Config
   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
@@ -46,6 +41,11 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## more about them here:
   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
   # data_format = "influx"
+  
+  ## Additional HTTP headers
+  # [outputs.http.headers]
+  #   # Should be set manually to "application/json" for json data_format
+  #   Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
 `
 
 const (