diff --git a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/README.md b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/README.md
index fe107b559..dfb955796 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/README.md
@@ -7,13 +7,30 @@
 ```toml
 # SampleConfig
 [[inputs.haproxy]]
-  servers = ["http://1.2.3.4/haproxy?stats", "/var/run/haproxy*.sock"]
-#  ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
-#  ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
-#  ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
-## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
-#  insecure_skip_verify = false
+  ## An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
+  ## with optional port. ie localhost, 10.10.3.33:1936, etc.
+  ## Make sure you specify the complete path to the stats endpoint
+  ## including the protocol, ie http://10.10.3.33:1936/haproxy?stats
 
+  ## If no servers are specified, then default to 127.0.0.1:1936/haproxy?stats
+  servers = ["http://myhaproxy.com:1936/haproxy?stats"]
+
+  ## You can also use local socket with standard wildcard globbing.
+  ## Server address not starting with 'http' will be treated as a possible
+  ## socket, so both examples below are valid.
+  # servers = ["socket:/run/haproxy/admin.sock", "/run/haproxy/*.sock"]
+
+  ## By default, some of the fields are renamed from what haproxy calls them.
+  ## Setting this option to true results in the plugin keeping the original
+  ## field names.
+  # keep_field_names = true
+
+  ## Optional SSL Config
+  # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+  # ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+  # ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+  ## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
+  # insecure_skip_verify = false
 ```
 
 #### `servers`
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go
index 151312d66..c5c83e5d4 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## with optional port. ie localhost, 10.10.3.33:1936, etc.
   ## Make sure you specify the complete path to the stats endpoint
   ## including the protocol, ie http://10.10.3.33:1936/haproxy?stats
-  #
+
   ## If no servers are specified, then default to 127.0.0.1:1936/haproxy?stats
   servers = ["http://myhaproxy.com:1936/haproxy?stats"]
-  ##
+
   ## You can also use local socket with standard wildcard globbing.
   ## Server address not starting with 'http' will be treated as a possible
   ## socket, so both examples below are valid.
-  ## servers = ["socket:/run/haproxy/admin.sock", "/run/haproxy/*.sock"]
-  #
+  # servers = ["socket:/run/haproxy/admin.sock", "/run/haproxy/*.sock"]
+
   ## By default, some of the fields are renamed from what haproxy calls them.
   ## Setting this option to true results in the plugin keeping the original
   ## field names.
-  ## keep_field_names = true
+  # keep_field_names = true
 
   ## Optional SSL Config
   # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"