diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md b/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md
index bae40aefd..1f5e9b37d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ for the stat structure can be found
   endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
   # Only collect metrics for these containers, collect all if empty
   container_names = []
-  ## Only collect these container labels from docker daemon, collect all if empty but note that
-  ## this will break prometheus output if containers have inconsistent label sets.
+  ## Only collect these container labels from docker daemon, collect all if empty
   container_labels = []
 ```
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
index 4f1643eb3..1cebd8628 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
   ## Only collect metrics for these containers, collect all if empty
   container_names = []
-  ## Only collect these container labels from docker daemon, collect all if empty but note that
-  ## this will break prometheus output if containers have inconsistent label sets.
+  ## Only collect these container labels from docker daemon, collect all if empty
   container_labels = []
   ## Timeout for docker list, info, and stats commands
   timeout = "5s"