diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index bd53d4ed4..06079dfc5 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 			}
 		}
 
-		log.Printf("E! [outputs.influxdb]: when writing to [%s]: %v", client.URL(), err)
+		log.Printf("E! [outputs.influxdb] when writing to [%s]: %v", client.URL(), err)
 	}
 
 	return errors.New("could not write any address")