diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 845b0b92c..1a98c61c5 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1393,14 +1393,6 @@ func buildParser(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (parsers.Parser, error) {
 
 	c.MetricName = name
 
-	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["name_override"]; ok {
-		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
-			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
-				c.MetricName = str.Value
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "data_format")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "separator")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "templates")
@@ -1419,7 +1411,6 @@ func buildParser(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (parsers.Parser, error) {
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "custom_patterns")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "custom_pattern_files")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "timezone")
-	delete(tbl.Fields, "name_override")
 
 	return parsers.NewParser(c)
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/docker-compse.yml b/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/docker-compse.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a5abde8ac..000000000
--- a/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/docker-compse.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-version: '3'
-
-# services:
-    telegraf:
-        image: glinton/scratch
-        volumes:
-          - ./telegraf.conf:/telegraf.conf
-          - ../../../../telegraf:/telegraf
-          - ./test.log:/var/log/test.log
-        entrypoint:
-          - /telegraf
-          - --config
-         - /telegraf.conf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/telegraf.conf b/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/telegraf.conf
index 971845682..76f57f0ad 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/telegraf.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/reader/dev/telegraf.conf
@@ -69,22 +69,22 @@
 # ##   /var/log/**.log     -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
 # ##   /var/log/*/*.log    -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
 # ##   /var/log/apache.log -> only tail the apache log file
-files = ["/Users/maxu/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/reader/testfiles/grok_a.log"]
+files = ["/var/log/test.log"]
 #
 # ## The dataformat to be read from files
 # ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
 # ## more about them here:
 # ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
-data_format = "grok"
+data_format = "json"
 #
 
-patterns = ["%{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}"]
+#patterns = ["%{TEST_LOG_B}","%{TEST_LOG_A}"]
 #
 #   ## Name of the outputted measurement name.
-measurement = "grok_reader"
+#name_override = "grok_reader"
 #
 #   ## Full path(s) to custom pattern files.
-#   custom_pattern_files = []
+#custom_pattern_files = ["/Users/maxu/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test-patterns"]
 #
 #   ## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line.
 #   custom_patterns = '''
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/reader/reader.go b/plugins/inputs/reader/reader.go
index eb2ce4804..e21295611 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/reader/reader.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/reader/reader.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Reader struct {
 	Filenames []string
 }
 
-const sampleConfig = `## Files to parse.
+const sampleConfig = `## Files to parse each interval.
 ## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
 ## ** as a "super asterisk". ie:
 ##   /var/log/**.log     -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log