diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
index 6b673b12a..be8fcd7dc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This plugin writes to a [Wavefront](https://www.wavefront.com) proxy, in Wavefro
   #use_regex = false
 
   ## point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront (if none found, host will be used)
-  #source_override = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
+  #source_override = ["hostname", "agent_host", "node_host"]
 
   ## whether to convert boolean values to numeric values, with false -> 0.0 and true -> 1.0. default is true
   #convert_bool = true
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
index 475e28253..7f1f8c077 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   #use_regex = false
 
   ## point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront (if none found, host will be used)
-  #source_override = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
+  #source_override = ["hostname", "agent_host", "node_host"]
 
   ## whether to convert boolean values to numeric values, with false -> 0.0 and true -> 1.0.  default true
   #convert_bool = true