diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 5f1ee4636..a806e4ebc 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -7971,6 +7971,11 @@
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
 #   # basic_username = "foobar"
 #   # basic_password = "barfoo"
+#
+#   ## Influx line protocol parser
+#   ## 'internal' is the default. 'upstream' is a newer parser that is faster
+#   ## and more memory efficient.
+#   # parser_type = "internal"
 
 
 # # Generic HTTP write listener
@@ -8061,6 +8066,11 @@
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
 #   # basic_username = "foobar"
 #   # basic_password = "barfoo"
+#
+#   ## Influx line protocol parser
+#   ## 'internal' is the default. 'upstream' is a newer parser that is faster
+#   ## and more memory efficient.
+#   # parser_type = "internal"
 
 
 # # Accept metrics over InfluxDB 2.x HTTP API
@@ -8090,6 +8100,11 @@
 #   ## Optional token to accept for HTTP authentication.
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
 #   # token = "some-long-shared-secret-token"
+#
+#   ## Influx line protocol parser
+#   ## 'internal' is the default. 'upstream' is a newer parser that is faster
+#   ## and more memory efficient.
+#   # parser_type = "internal"
 
 
 # # Intel Performance Monitoring Unit plugin exposes Intel PMU metrics available through Linux Perf subsystem
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index 35e0bda4c..8f1215f88 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -7933,6 +7933,11 @@
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
 #   # basic_username = "foobar"
 #   # basic_password = "barfoo"
+#
+#   ## Influx line protocol parser
+#   ## 'internal' is the default. 'upstream' is a newer parser that is faster
+#   ## and more memory efficient.
+#   # parser_type = "internal"
 
 
 # # Generic HTTP write listener
@@ -8023,6 +8028,11 @@
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
 #   # basic_username = "foobar"
 #   # basic_password = "barfoo"
+#
+#   ## Influx line protocol parser
+#   ## 'internal' is the default. 'upstream' is a newer parser that is faster
+#   ## and more memory efficient.
+#   # parser_type = "internal"
 
 
 # # Accept metrics over InfluxDB 2.x HTTP API
@@ -8052,6 +8062,11 @@
 #   ## Optional token to accept for HTTP authentication.
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
 #   # token = "some-long-shared-secret-token"
+#
+#   ## Influx line protocol parser
+#   ## 'internal' is the default. 'upstream' is a newer parser that is faster
+#   ## and more memory efficient.
+#   # parser_type = "internal"
 
 
 # # Read JTI OpenConfig Telemetry from listed sensors