diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 1f61b801f..a3f2fd003 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   # urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:8086"]
 
   ## The target database for metrics; will be created as needed.
+  ## For UDP url endpoint database needs to be configured on server side.
   # database = "telegraf"
 
   ## If true, no CREATE DATABASE queries will be sent.  Set to true when using