diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
index df67439f4..51939d97e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ to use them.
   # timeout="10s"
 
   ## MaxIdleConns controls the maximum number of idle (keep-alive) connections
-  ##across all hosts. Zero means unlimited.
+  ## across all hosts. Zero means unlimited.
   # max_idle_conn = 0
 
   ## MaxIdleConnsPerHost, if non-zero, controls the maximum idle (keep-alive)