diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
index 0d2a49f89..07c87199f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Kafka struct {
-	ConsumerGroup  string
-	Topics         []string
-	ZookeeperPeers []string
+	ConsumerGroup   string
+	Topics          []string
+	ZookeeperPeers  []string
 	ZookeeperChroot string
-	Consumer       *consumergroup.ConsumerGroup
+	Consumer        *consumergroup.ConsumerGroup
 
 	// Legacy metric buffer support
 	MetricBuffer int