diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 5a7db1ba5..fe67d6f2d 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -7809,8 +7809,6 @@
 #   # poolMetrics = false
 #
 #   ## By default, don't gather dataset stats
-#   ## On FreeBSD, if the user has enabled listsnapshots in the pool property,
-#   ## telegraf may not be able to correctly parse the output.
 #   # datasetMetrics = false
 
 
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index d834c8fbf..76e2a9a60 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -7705,8 +7705,6 @@
 #   # poolMetrics = false
 #
 #   ## By default, don't gather dataset stats
-#   ## On FreeBSD, if the user has enabled listsnapshots in the pool property,
-#   ## telegraf may not be able to correctly parse the output.
 #   # datasetMetrics = false
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/zfs/README.md b/plugins/inputs/zfs/README.md
index fdaeadf08..c4df5f8d4 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/zfs/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zfs/README.md
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
   # poolMetrics = false
 
   ## By default, don't gather dataset stats
-  ## On FreeBSD, if the user has enabled listsnapshots in the pool property,
-  ## telegraf may not be able to correctly parse the output.
   # datasetMetrics = false
 ```
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/zfs/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/zfs/sample.conf
index c5014b345..76b57e2ba 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/zfs/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zfs/sample.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@
   # poolMetrics = false
 
   ## By default, don't gather dataset stats
-  ## On FreeBSD, if the user has enabled listsnapshots in the pool property,
-  ## telegraf may not be able to correctly parse the output.
   # datasetMetrics = false
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/zfs/zfs_freebsd.go b/plugins/inputs/zfs/zfs_freebsd.go
index f7d6df1a1..55162a9f0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/zfs/zfs_freebsd.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zfs/zfs_freebsd.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func zpool() ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func zdataset(properties []string) ([]string, error) {
-	return run("zfs", []string{"list", "-Hp", "-o", strings.Join(properties, ",")}...)
+	return run("zfs", []string{"list", "-Hp", "-t", "filesystem,volume", "-o", strings.Join(properties, ",")}...)
 }
 
 func sysctl(metric string) ([]string, error) {