diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index adbb136de..8584af403 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -644,6 +644,8 @@
 #   ## HTTP basic authentication details
 #   # username = "telegraf"
 #   # password = "mypassword"
+#   ## HTTP bearer token authentication details
+#   # auth_bearer_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9"
 #
 #   ## Index Config
 #   ## The target index for metrics (Elasticsearch will create if it not exists).
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index 058d0a3db..c85c4f5ed 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -644,6 +644,8 @@
 #   ## HTTP basic authentication details
 #   # username = "telegraf"
 #   # password = "mypassword"
+#   ## HTTP bearer token authentication details
+#   # auth_bearer_token = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9"
 #
 #   ## Index Config
 #   ## The target index for metrics (Elasticsearch will create if it not exists).