diff --git a/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md b/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
index 8a960d677..b43ff108f 100644
--- a/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ following works:
 - github.com/go-redis/redis [BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License](https://github.com/go-redis/redis/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql [Mozilla Public License 2.0](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/go-stack/stack [MIT License](https://github.com/go-stack/stack/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
+- github.com/go-stomp/stomp [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/go-stomp/stomp/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 - github.com/gobwas/glob [MIT License](https://github.com/gobwas/glob/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/gofrs/uuid [MIT License](https://github.com/gofrs/uuid/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/gogo/protobuf [BSD 3-Clause Clear License](https://github.com/gogo/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE)
@@ -327,7 +328,6 @@ following works:
 - sigs.k8s.io/json [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - sigs.k8s.io/yaml [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/kubernetes/client-go/blob/master/LICENSE)
-- github.com/go-stomp/stomp [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/go-stomp/stomp/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 
 ## Telegraf used and modified code from these projects
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d343cc3cb..ea0fe6fc0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dimchansky/utfbom v1.1.1
 	github.com/djherbis/times v1.5.0
 	github.com/docker/docker v20.10.17+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/doclambda/protobufquery v0.0.0-20210317203640-88ffabe06a60
 	github.com/dynatrace-oss/dynatrace-metric-utils-go v0.5.0
 	github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang v1.3.5
@@ -62,8 +63,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-redis/redis v6.15.9+incompatible
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0
-	github.com/goburrow/modbus v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/goburrow/serial v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-stomp/stomp v2.1.4+incompatible
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.4.2
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/devigned/tab v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21 // indirect
@@ -251,7 +250,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.19.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.19.15 // indirect
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.1 // indirect
-	github.com/go-stomp/stomp v2.1.4+incompatible
+	github.com/goburrow/modbus v0.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/goburrow/serial v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-sql/civil v0.0.0-20190719163853-cb61b32ac6fe // indirect
 	github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp v0.0.0-20170517235910-f1bb20e5a188 // indirect
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stomp/README.md b/plugins/outputs/stomp/README.md
index dcfa71474..968933e1c 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stomp/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stomp/README.md
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ It also support Amazon MQ  <https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-mq/>
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml @sample.conf
-  ## Host of Active MQ broker
+# Configuration for active mq with stomp protocol to send metrics to
+[[outputs.stomp]]
   host = "localhost:61613"
 
   ## Queue name for producer messages
-  # queueName = "telegraf"
+  queueName = "telegraf"
 
   ## Username and password if required by the Active MQ server.
   # username = ""
@@ -24,5 +25,5 @@ It also support Amazon MQ  <https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-mq/>
   # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
 
   ## Data format to output.
-  # data_format = "json"
+  data_format = "json"
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stomp/sample.conf b/plugins/outputs/stomp/sample.conf
index d1d3f302c..b92d0076b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stomp/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stomp/sample.conf
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
   queueName = "telegraf"
 
   ## Username and password if required by the Active MQ server.
-  username = ""
-  password = ""
+  # username = ""
+  # password = ""
 
   ## Optional TLS Config
-  tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
-  tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
-  tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
 
   ## Data format to output.
-  data_format = "json"
\ No newline at end of file
+  data_format = "json"