diff --git a/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/README.md b/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/README.md
index 151e0802a..06c43cf31 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ The main focus for development of this plugin is Azure IoT hub:
 
   ## Uncommenting the option below will create an Event Hub client based solely on the connection string.
   ## This can either be the associated environment variable or hard coded directly.
-  # connection_string = "$EVENTHUB_CONNECTION_STRING"
+  # connection_string = ""
 
   ## Set persistence directory to a valid folder to use a file persister instead of an in-memory persister
   # persistence_dir = ""
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ The main focus for development of this plugin is Azure IoT hub:
 
   ## Tags or fields to create from keys present in the application property bag.
   ## These could for example be set by message enrichments in Azure IoT Hub.
-  application_property_tags = []
-  application_property_fields = []
+  # application_property_tags = []
+  # application_property_fields = []
 
   ## Tag or field name to use for metadata
   ## By default all metadata is disabled
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ The main focus for development of this plugin is Azure IoT hub:
   data_format = "influx"
 ```
 
-### Additional Environment
+#### Environment Variables
 
-- Authentication with [AAD TokenProvider environment variables](https://github.com/Azure/azure-event-hubs-go#aad-tokenprovider-environment-variables)
+[Full documentation of the available environment variables][envvar].
+
+[envvar]: https://github.com/Azure/azure-event-hubs-go#environment-variables
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go
index d5e2be115..da8a6e5f7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/eventhub_consumer/eventhub_consumer.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (*EventHub) SampleConfig() string {
 
   ## Uncommenting the option below will create an Event Hub client based solely on the connection string.
   ## This can either be the associated environment variable or hard coded directly.
-  # connection_string = "$EVENTHUB_CONNECTION_STRING"
+  # connection_string = ""
 
   ## Set persistence directory to a valid folder to use a file persister instead of an in-memory persister
   # persistence_dir = ""
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ func (*EventHub) SampleConfig() string {
 
   ## Tags or fields to create from keys present in the application property bag.
   ## These could for example be set by message enrichments in Azure IoT Hub.
-  application_property_tags = []
-  application_property_fields = []
+  # application_property_tags = []
+  # application_property_fields = []
 
   ## Tag or field name to use for metadata
   ## By default all metadata is disabled