diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 09a00f069..699d0f602 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - [#976](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/976): Reduce allocations in the UDP and statsd inputs.
 - [#979](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/979): Reduce allocations in the TCP listener.
 - [#935](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/935): AWS Cloudwatch input plugin. Thanks @joshhardy & @ljosa!
+- [#943](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/943): http_response input plugin. Thanks @Lswith!
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#968](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/968): Processes plugin gets unknown state when spaces are in (command name)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index caa562a6d..8621238dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ Currently implemented sources:
 * [elasticsearch](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch)
 * [exec](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/exec ) (generic executable plugin, support JSON, influx, graphite and nagios)
 * [haproxy](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/haproxy)
-* [httpjson ](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/httpjson ) (generic JSON-emitting http service plugin)
+* [http_response](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/http_response)
+* [httpjson](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/httpjson) (generic JSON-emitting http service plugin)
 * [influxdb](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/influxdb)
 * [ipmi_sensor](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor)
 * [jolokia](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/jolokia)
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 1b534d888..fa77a3a34 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -569,6 +569,25 @@
 #   ## servers = ["socket://run/haproxy/admin.sock"]
 
 
+# # HTTP/HTTPS request given an address a method and a timeout
+# [[inputs.http_response]]
+#   ## Server address (default http://localhost)
+#   address = "http://github.com"
+#   ## Set response_timeout (default 5 seconds)
+#   response_timeout = 5
+#   ## HTTP Request Method
+#   method = "GET"
+#   ## Whether to follow redirects from the server (defaults to false)
+#   follow_redirects = true
+#   ## HTTP Request Headers (all values must be strings)
+#   # [inputs.http_response.headers]
+#   #   Host = "github.com"
+#   ## Optional HTTP Request Body
+#   # body = '''
+#   # {'fake':'data'}
+#   # '''
+
+
 # # Read flattened metrics from one or more JSON HTTP endpoints
 # [[inputs.httpjson]]
 #   ## NOTE This plugin only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response.go b/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response.go
index 73533fed4..69c8fcd06 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http_response/http_response.go
@@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   response_timeout = 5
   ## HTTP Request Method
   method = "GET"
-  ## HTTP Request Headers (all values must be strings)
-  [inputs.http_response.headers]
-  #    Host = "github.com"
   ## Whether to follow redirects from the server (defaults to false)
   follow_redirects = true
+  ## HTTP Request Headers (all values must be strings)
+  # [inputs.http_response.headers]
+  #   Host = "github.com"
   ## Optional HTTP Request Body
-  body = '''
-  {'fake':'data'}
-  '''
+  # body = '''
+  # {'fake':'data'}
+  # '''
 `
 
 // SampleConfig returns the plugin SampleConfig