diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
index 34aa8baa4..0e5a3cc52 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ to use them.
   ## The list of Kafka message headers that should be pass as metric tags
   ## works only for Kafka version 0.11+, on lower versions the message headers
   ## are not available
-  # msg_headers_to_tags = []
+  # msg_headers_as_tags = []
 
   ## The name of kafka message header which value should override the metric name.
-  ## In case when the same header specified in current option and in msg_headers_to_tags
-  ## option, it will be excluded from the msg_headers_to_tags list.
+  ## In case when the same header specified in current option and in msg_headers_as_tags
+  ## option, it will be excluded from the msg_headers_as_tags list.
   # msg_header_as_metric_name = ""
 
   ## Optional Client id
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/sample.conf
index afefd722e..b57b4c2f9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/sample.conf
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
   ## The list of Kafka message headers that should be pass as metric tags
   ## works only for Kafka version 0.11+, on lower versions the message headers
   ## are not available
-  # msg_headers_to_tags = []
+  # msg_headers_as_tags = []
 
   ## The name of kafka message header which value should override the metric name.
-  ## In case when the same header specified in current option and in msg_headers_to_tags
-  ## option, it will be excluded from the msg_headers_to_tags list.
+  ## In case when the same header specified in current option and in msg_headers_as_tags
+  ## option, it will be excluded from the msg_headers_as_tags list.
   # msg_header_as_metric_name = ""
 
   ## Optional Client id