diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md b/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
index e79f902b4..665b6b1ae 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
 # Read metrics from one or many redis servers
 [[inputs.redis]]
   ## specify servers via a url matching:
-  ##  [protocol://][:password]@address[:port]
+  ##  [protocol://][username:password]@address[:port]
   ##  e.g.
   ##    tcp://localhost:6379
-  ##    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
+  ##    tcp://username:password@192.168.99.100
   ##    unix:///var/run/redis.sock
   ##
   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
   #   # Can be "string", "integer", or "float"
   #   type = "string"
 
-  ## specify server password
-  # password = "s#cr@t%"
-
-  ## specify username for ACL auth (Redis 6.0+)
-  # username = "default"
+  ## Specify username and password for ACL auth (Redis 6.0+). You can add this
+  ## to the server URI above or specify it here. The values here take
+  ## precidence.
+  # username = ""
+  # password = ""
 
   ## Optional TLS Config
   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
index 7b924358c..002269fb7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
@@ -26,16 +26,17 @@ import (
 var sampleConfig string
 
 type RedisCommand struct {
-	Command []interface{}
-	Field   string
-	Type    string
+	Command []interface{} `toml:"command"`
+	Field   string        `toml:"field"`
+	Type    string        `toml:"type"`
 }
 
 type Redis struct {
-	Commands []*RedisCommand
-	Servers  []string
-	Username string
-	Password string
+	Commands []*RedisCommand `toml:"commands"`
+	Servers  []string        `toml:"servers"`
+	Username string          `toml:"username"`
+	Password string          `toml:"passowrd"`
+
 	tls.ClientConfig
 
 	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/redis/sample.conf
index 6f1db720d..b8fbe78ac 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/sample.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Read metrics from one or many redis servers
 [[inputs.redis]]
   ## specify servers via a url matching:
-  ##  [protocol://][:password]@address[:port]
+  ##  [protocol://][username:password]@address[:port]
   ##  e.g.
   ##    tcp://localhost:6379
-  ##    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
+  ##    tcp://username:password@192.168.99.100
   ##    unix:///var/run/redis.sock
   ##
   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
   #   # Can be "string", "integer", or "float"
   #   type = "string"
 
-  ## specify server password
-  # password = "s#cr@t%"
-
-  ## specify username for ACL auth (Redis 6.0+)
-  # username = "default"
+  ## Specify username and password for ACL auth (Redis 6.0+). You can add this
+  ## to the server URI above or specify it here. The values here take
+  ## precidence.
+  # username = ""
+  # password = ""
 
   ## Optional TLS Config
   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/README.md b/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/README.md
index 8db34a680..7289e52d7 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/README.md
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
 # Read metrics from one or many redis-sentinel servers
 [[inputs.redis_sentinel]]
   ## specify servers via a url matching:
-  ##  [protocol://][:password]@address[:port]
+  ##  [protocol://][username:password]@address[:port]
   ##  e.g.
   ##    tcp://localhost:26379
-  ##    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
+  ##    tcp://username:password@192.168.99.100
   ##    unix:///var/run/redis-sentinel.sock
   ##
   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/redis_sentinel.go b/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/redis_sentinel.go
index f0e065133..e30054a12 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/redis_sentinel.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/redis_sentinel.go
@@ -65,9 +65,14 @@ func (r *RedisSentinel) Init() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse to address %q: %w", serv, err)
 		}
 
+		username := ""
 		password := ""
 		if u.User != nil {
-			password, _ = u.User.Password()
+			username = u.User.Username()
+			pw, ok := u.User.Password()
+			if ok {
+				password = pw
+			}
 		}
 
 		var address string
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ func (r *RedisSentinel) Init() error {
 		sentinel := redis.NewSentinelClient(
 			&redis.Options{
 				Addr:      address,
+				Username:  username,
 				Password:  password,
 				Network:   u.Scheme,
 				PoolSize:  1,
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/sample.conf
index ae8f89aed..0ffa2346b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis_sentinel/sample.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Read metrics from one or many redis-sentinel servers
 [[inputs.redis_sentinel]]
   ## specify servers via a url matching:
-  ##  [protocol://][:password]@address[:port]
+  ##  [protocol://][username:password]@address[:port]
   ##  e.g.
   ##    tcp://localhost:26379
-  ##    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
+  ##    tcp://username:password@192.168.99.100
   ##    unix:///var/run/redis-sentinel.sock
   ##
   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.