diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This plugin writes to [InfluxDB](https://www.influxdb.com) via HTTP or UDP.
 
-Required parameters:
+### Required parameters:
 
 * `urls`: List of strings, this is for InfluxDB clustering
 support. On each flush interval, Telegraf will randomly choose one of the urls
@@ -10,3 +10,17 @@ to write to. Each URL should start with either `http://` or `udp://`
 * `database`: The name of the database to write to.
 
 
+### Optional parameters:
+
+* `retention_policy`:  Retention policy to write to.
+* `precision`: Precision of writes, valid values are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h". note: using "s" precision greatly improves InfluxDB compression.
+* `timeout`: Write timeout (for the InfluxDB client), formatted as a string. If not provided, will default to 5s. 0s means no timeout (not recommended).
+* `username`: Username for influxdb
+* `password`: Password for influxdb
+* `user_agent`:  Set the user agent for HTTP POSTs (can be useful for log differentiation)
+* `udp_payload`: Set UDP payload size, defaults to InfluxDB UDP Client default (512 bytes)
+  ## Optional SSL Config
+* `ssl_ca`: SSL CA
+* `ssl_cert`: SSL CERT
+* `ssl_key`: SSL key
+* `insecure_skip_verify`: Use SSL but skip chain & host verification (default: false)