diff --git a/plugins/inputs/tail/README.md b/plugins/inputs/tail/README.md
index 900b41823..70d55e888 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/tail/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tail/README.md
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
     ## The preserve_newline option can be true or false (defaults to false).
     ## If true, the newline character is preserved for multiline elements,
     ## this is useful to preserve message-structure e.g. for logging outputs.
-    #preserver_newline = false
+    #preserve_newline = false
 
     #After the specified timeout, this plugin sends the multiline event even if no new pattern is found to start a new event. The default is 5s.
     #timeout = 5s
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/tail/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/tail/sample.conf
index 28d3daa50..368d7959f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/tail/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tail/sample.conf
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     ## The preserve_newline option can be true or false (defaults to false).
     ## If true, the newline character is preserved for multiline elements,
     ## this is useful to preserve message-structure e.g. for logging outputs.
-    #preserver_newline = false
+    #preserve_newline = false
 
     #After the specified timeout, this plugin sends the multiline event even if no new pattern is found to start a new event. The default is 5s.
     #timeout = 5s