diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 7a75a1e3e..e071ea8c1 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -574,6 +574,10 @@
 #
 #   ## Set http_proxy (telegraf uses the system wide proxy settings if it isn't set)
 #   # http_proxy_url = "http://localhost:8888"
+#
+#   ## Override the default (none) compression used to send data.
+#   ## Supports: "zlib", "none"
+#   # compression = "none"
 
 
 # # Send metrics to nowhere at all
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index 435d16072..1f5b009d6 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -574,6 +574,10 @@
 #
 #   ## Set http_proxy (telegraf uses the system wide proxy settings if it isn't set)
 #   # http_proxy_url = "http://localhost:8888"
+#
+#   ## Override the default (none) compression used to send data.
+#   ## Supports: "zlib", "none"
+#   # compression = "none"
 
 
 # # Send metrics to nowhere at all