diff --git a/plugins/inputs/jolokia2/examples/java.conf b/plugins/inputs/jolokia2/examples/java.conf
index 32a68195c..aa9bc6852 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/jolokia2/examples/java.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/jolokia2/examples/java.conf
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@
     mbean = "java.lang:name=G1 Young Generation,type=GarbageCollector"
     paths = ["LastGcInfo/duration", "LastGcInfo/GcThreadCount", "LastGcInfo/memoryUsageAfterGc"]
 
-  [[inputs.jolokia2_agent.metrics]]
+  [[inputs.jolokia2_agent.metric]]
     name  = "java_threading"
     mbean = "java.lang:type=Threading"
     paths = ["TotalStartedThreadCount", "ThreadCount", "DaemonThreadCount", "PeakThreadCount"]
 
-  [[inputs.jolokia2_agent.metrics]]
+  [[inputs.jolokia2_agent.metric]]
     name  = "java_class_loading"
     mbean = "java.lang:type=ClassLoading"
     paths = ["LoadedClassCount", "UnloadedClassCount", "TotalLoadedClassCount"]
 
-  [[inputs.jolokia2_agent.metrics]]
+  [[inputs.jolokia2_agent.metric]]
     name     = "java_memory_pool"
     mbean    = "java.lang:name=*,type=MemoryPool"
     paths    = ["Usage", "PeakUsage", "CollectionUsage"]