diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows.go
index b1212eaaa..fb7cde489 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ const sampleConfig = `
 	## number of pings to send per collection (ping -n <COUNT>)
 	count = 4 # required
 
-	## Ping timeout, in seconds. 0 means default timeout (ping -w <TIMEOUT>)
-	Timeout = 0
+	## Ping timeout, in seconds. 0.0 means default timeout (ping -w <TIMEOUT>)
+	#timeout = 0.0
 `
 
 func (s *Ping) SampleConfig() string {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows_test.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows_test.go
index cb90b1686..7709cbd65 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_windows_test.go
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ func TestLossyPingGather(t *testing.T) {
 		"reply_received":      7,
 		"percent_packet_loss": 22.22222222222222,
 		"percent_reply_loss":  22.22222222222222,
-		"average_response_ms": 115,
-		"minimum_response_ms": 114,
-		"maximum_response_ms": 119,
+		"average_response_ms": 115.0,
+		"minimum_response_ms": 114.0,
+		"maximum_response_ms": 119.0,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "ping", fields, tags)
 }