diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index c9beeaffa..0f7a1417b 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
 #   ##  0 : No compression
 #   ##  1 : Gzip compression
 #   ##  2 : Snappy compression
-#   compression_codec = 0
+#   # compression_codec = 0
 #
 #   ##  RequiredAcks is used in Produce Requests to tell the broker how many
 #   ##  replica acknowledgements it must see before responding
@@ -414,10 +414,11 @@
 #   ##       received the data. This option provides the best durability, we
 #   ##       guarantee that no messages will be lost as long as at least one in
 #   ##       sync replica remains.
-#   required_acks = -1
+#   # required_acks = -1
 #
-#   ##  The total number of times to retry sending a message
-#   max_retry = 3
+#   ## The maximum number of times to retry sending a metric before failing
+#   ## until the next flush.
+#   # max_retry = 3
 #
 #   ## Optional SSL Config
 #   # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@
 #   ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
 #   ## more about them here:
 #   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
-#   data_format = "influx"
+#   # data_format = "influx"
 
 
 # # Configuration for the AWS Kinesis output.
@@ -2830,7 +2831,7 @@
 #
 #   ## Optional name for the varnish instance (or working directory) to query
 #   ## Usually appened after -n in varnish cli
-#   #name = instanceName
+#   # instance_name = instanceName
 
 
 # # Read metrics of ZFS from arcstats, zfetchstats, vdev_cache_stats, and pools