diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 703038fb5..e2c913fc8 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -3419,7 +3419,9 @@
   ## By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
   ## disk partitions.
   ## Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
-  # devices = ["sda", "sdb", "vd*"]
+  ## NOTE: Globbing expressions (e.g. asterix) are not supported for
+  ##       disk synonyms like '/dev/disk/by-id'.
+  # devices = ["sda", "sdb", "vd*", "/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-eui.00123deadc0de123"]
   ## Uncomment the following line if you need disk serial numbers.
   # skip_serial_number = false
   #
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index 7ffc267e2..c2eb2e072 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -3419,7 +3419,9 @@
   ## By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
   ## disk partitions.
   ## Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
-  # devices = ["sda", "sdb", "vd*"]
+  ## NOTE: Globbing expressions (e.g. asterix) are not supported for
+  ##       disk synonyms like '/dev/disk/by-id'.
+  # devices = ["sda", "sdb", "vd*", "/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-eui.00123deadc0de123"]
   ## Uncomment the following line if you need disk serial numbers.
   # skip_serial_number = false
   #