diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 5e0c9fad6..4616cca39 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -8868,6 +8868,7 @@
 #   ## Path to mib files
 #   # path = ["/usr/share/snmp/mibs"]
 #   ##
+#   ## Deprecated in 1.20.0; no longer running snmptranslate
 #   ## Timeout running snmptranslate command
 #   # timeout = "5s"
 #   ## Snmp version, defaults to 2c
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index 265f50969..b7e1084ce 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -8736,6 +8736,7 @@
 #   ## Path to mib files
 #   # path = ["/usr/share/snmp/mibs"]
 #   ##
+#   ## Deprecated in 1.20.0; no longer running snmptranslate
 #   ## Timeout running snmptranslate command
 #   # timeout = "5s"
 #   ## Snmp version, defaults to 2c