diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index faa36cf38..097ee206e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ time before a new metric is included by the plugin.
 - [#1265](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1265): Make dns lookups for chrony configurable. Thanks @zbindenren!
 - [#1275](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1275): Allow wildcard filtering of varnish stats.
 - [#1142](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1142): Support for glob patterns in exec plugin commands configuration.
-- [#1278](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1278): RabbitMQ input: made url parameter optional by using DefaultURL (http://localhost:15672) if not specified
+- [#1278](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1278) & [#1288](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1288) & [#1295](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1295): RabbitMQ/Apache/InfluxDB inputs: made url(s) parameter optional by using reasonable input defaults if not specified
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 4081cf484..ebfc82e49 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@
 #   ## See the influxdb plugin's README for more details.
 # 
 #   ## Multiple URLs from which to read InfluxDB-formatted JSON
+#   ## Default is "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars".
 #   urls = [
 #     "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"
 #   ]
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/influxdb/README.md b/plugins/inputs/influxdb/README.md
index 433191495..c983e9749 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/influxdb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/influxdb/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ InfluxDB-formatted endpoints. See below for more information.
   ## See the influxdb plugin's README for more details.
 
   ## Multiple URLs from which to read InfluxDB-formatted JSON
+  ## Default is "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars".
   urls = [
     "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"
   ]
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 6a53ecdcb..974a1b9e7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
   ## See the influxdb plugin's README for more details.
 
   ## Multiple URLs from which to read InfluxDB-formatted JSON
+  ## Default is "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars".
   urls = [
     "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"
   ]
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@ func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (i *InfluxDB) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	if len(i.URLs) == 0 {
+		i.URLs = []string{"http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"}
+	}
 	errorChannel := make(chan error, len(i.URLs))
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup