diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
index d794377fa..24a0efc0f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ and use the old zookeeper connection method.
   offset = "oldest"
 
   ## Optional client id
-  # client_id = "my_client"
+  # client_id = "Telegraf"
 
   ## Optional TLS Config
   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
index 72172bcb6..d3791b224 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   brokers = ["localhost:9092"]
   ## topic(s) to consume
   topics = ["telegraf"]
-  
+
   ## Optional Client id
   # client_id = "Telegraf"
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md b/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md
index 00544e99c..562f3fd5d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This plugin writes to a [Kafka Broker](http://kafka.apache.org/07/quickstart.htm
   topic = "telegraf"
 
   ## Optional client id
-  # client_id = "my_client"
+  # client_id = "Telegraf"
 
   ## Optional topic suffix configuration.
   ## If the section is omitted, no suffix is used.
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
index d61aaadd8..a45e2a4e9 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   brokers = ["localhost:9092"]
   ## Kafka topic for producer messages
   topic = "telegraf"
-  
+
   ## Optional Client id
   # client_id = "Telegraf"