diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/README.md b/plugins/outputs/http/README.md
index c7f3a2843..69c6dd249 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/README.md
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ to use them.
   #region = "us-east-1"
 
   ## Amazon Credentials
-  ## Amazon Credentials are not attempted unless aws_service is set to a non-empty string and may need to match the name of the service you're outputting to
+  ## Amazon Credentials are not built unless the following aws_service
+  ## setting is set to a non-empty string. It may need to match the name of
+  ## the service output to as well
   #aws_service = "execute-api"
 
   ## Credentials are loaded in the following order
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/http/sample.conf b/plugins/outputs/http/sample.conf
index 0856ddfa8..63cfd4fcc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/http/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/outputs/http/sample.conf
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@
   #region = "us-east-1"
 
   ## Amazon Credentials
-  ## Amazon Credentials are not attempted unless aws_service is set to a non-empty string and may need to match the name of the service you're ouputting to
+  ## Amazon Credentials are not built unless the following aws_service
+  ## setting is set to a non-empty string. It may need to match the name of
+  ## the service output to as well
   #aws_service = "execute-api"
- 
+
   ## Credentials are loaded in the following order
   ## 1) Web identity provider credentials via STS if role_arn and web_identity_token_file are specified
   ## 2) Assumed credentials via STS if role_arn is specified