diff --git a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
index 18d400ed0..454eea820 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/README.md
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ to use them.
   # cluster_instances = false ## false by default
 
   ## Resource Pools
-  # datastore_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to datastores to collect (by default all are collected)
-  # datastore_exclude = [] # Inventory paths to exclude
-  # datastore_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
-  # datastore_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
-  # datastore_instances = false ## false by default
+  # resource_pool_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to resource pools to collect (by default all are collected)
+  # resource_pool_exclude = [] # Inventory paths to exclude
+  # resource_pool_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
+  # resource_pool_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
+  # resource_pool_instances = false ## false by default
 
   ## Datastores
   # datastore_include = [ "/*/datastore/**"] # Inventory path to datastores to collect (by default all are collected)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/sample.conf
index 5ecb82630..066f96348 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/vsphere/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/vsphere/sample.conf
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@
   # cluster_instances = false ## false by default
 
   ## Resource Pools
-  # datastore_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to datastores to collect (by default all are collected)
-  # datastore_exclude = [] # Inventory paths to exclude
-  # datastore_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
-  # datastore_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
-  # datastore_instances = false ## false by default
+  # resource_pool_include = [ "/*/host/**"] # Inventory path to resource pools to collect (by default all are collected)
+  # resource_pool_exclude = [] # Inventory paths to exclude
+  # resource_pool_metric_include = [] ## if omitted or empty, all metrics are collected
+  # resource_pool_metric_exclude = [] ## Nothing excluded by default
+  # resource_pool_instances = false ## false by default
 
   ## Datastores
   # datastore_include = [ "/*/datastore/**"] # Inventory path to datastores to collect (by default all are collected)