diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
index 864177a36..5acac6cca 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ This plugin writes to [InfluxDB](https://www.influxdb.com) via HTTP or UDP.
 ```toml
 # Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
-  ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
+  ## The HTTP or UDP URL for your InfluxDB instance.  Each item should be
+  ## of the form:
+  ##   scheme "://" host [ ":" port]
+  ##
   ## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
   ## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
   # urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 6c19a35fc..6419d43ea 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ type InfluxDB struct {
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
-  ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
+  ## The HTTP or UDP URL for your InfluxDB instance.  Each item should be
+  ## of the form:
+  ##   scheme "://" host [ ":" port]
+  ##
   ## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
   ## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
   # urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example