From b1bce913456a7cbaecf7b5e235af5806000a3cea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samantha Wang <32681364+sjwang90@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 13:32:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add tagpass/tagdrop note in docs (#8053)

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 docs/CONFIGURATION.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
index 7826da3be..341accefd 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ patterns is emitted.
 The inverse of `tagpass`.  If a match is found the metric is discarded. This
 is tested on metrics after they have passed the `tagpass` test.
 
+> NOTE: Due to the way TOML is parsed, `tagpass` and `tagdrop` parameters must be 
+defined at the *_end_* of the plugin definition, otherwise subsequent plugin config 
+options will be interpreted as part of the tagpass/tagdrop tables.
+
 #### Modifiers
 
 Modifier filters remove tags and fields from a metric.  If all fields are