diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 8c91b82c2..9ccd51296 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -6411,8 +6411,11 @@
 
 # # Reads metrics from RavenDB servers via the Monitoring Endpoints
 # [[inputs.ravendb]]
-#   ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on
-#   url = "https://localhost:8080"
+#   ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on. By default,
+#   ## attempts to connect securely over HTTPS, however, if the user
+#   ## is running a local unsecure development cluster users can use
+#   ## HTTP via a URL like "http://localhost:8080"
+#   url = "https://localhost:4433"
 #
 #   ## RavenDB X509 client certificate setup
 #   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/raven.crt"
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index d8a9b2463..a69026f16 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -6278,8 +6278,11 @@
 
 # # Reads metrics from RavenDB servers via the Monitoring Endpoints
 # [[inputs.ravendb]]
-#   ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on
-#   url = "https://localhost:8080"
+#   ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on. By default,
+#   ## attempts to connect securely over HTTPS, however, if the user
+#   ## is running a local unsecure development cluster users can use
+#   ## HTTP via a URL like "http://localhost:8080"
+#   url = "https://localhost:4433"
 #
 #   ## RavenDB X509 client certificate setup
 #   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/raven.crt"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ravendb/README.md b/plugins/inputs/ravendb/README.md
index e527d167f..82911eab1 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ravendb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ravendb/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ The following is an example config for RavenDB. **Note:** The client certificate
 
 ```toml
 [[inputs.ravendb]]
-  ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on
-  url = "https://localhost:8080"
+  ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on. By default,
+  ## attempts to connect securely over HTTPS, however, if the user
+  ## is running a local unsecure development cluster users can use
+  ## HTTP via a URL like "http://localhost:8080"
+  url = "https://localhost:4433"
 
   ## RavenDB X509 client certificate setup
   tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/raven.crt"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ravendb/ravendb.go b/plugins/inputs/ravendb/ravendb.go
index efc1b9517..47f1e6f03 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ravendb/ravendb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ravendb/ravendb.go
@@ -47,8 +47,11 @@ type RavenDB struct {
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
-  ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on
-  url = "https://localhost:8080"
+  ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on. By default,
+  ## attempts to connect securely over HTTPS, however, if the user
+  ## is running a local unsecure development cluster users can use
+  ## HTTP via a URL like "http://localhost:8080"
+  url = "https://localhost:4433"
 
   ## RavenDB X509 client certificate setup
   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/raven.crt"