diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 66833a6f70709..c44535f0da6dc 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -1295,13 +1295,13 @@
 #   ## HTTP method, one of: "POST" or "PUT". "POST" is used by default if unset.
 #   # method = "POST"
 #
-#   ## Max HTTP request body size in bytes before compression (if applied).
+#   ## Max HTTP request body size in bytes before compression.
 #   ## By default 1MB is recommended.
 #   ## NOTE:
 #   ## Bear in mind that in some serializer a metric even though serialized to multiple
 #   ## lines cannot be split any further so setting this very low might not work
 #   ## as expected.
-#   # max_request_body_size = 1_000_000
+#   # max_request_body_size = 1000000
 #
 #   ## Additional, Sumo specific options.
 #   ## Full list can be found here:
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go b/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go
index 5497da6066478..3ab024dc645bc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sumologic/sumologic.go
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ const (
   ## HTTP method, one of: "POST" or "PUT". "POST" is used by default if unset.
   # method = "POST"
 
-  ## Max HTTP request body size in bytes before compression (if applied).
+  ## Max HTTP request body size in bytes before compression.
   ## By default 1MB is recommended.
   ## NOTE:
   ## Bear in mind that in some serializer a metric even though serialized to multiple
   ## lines cannot be split any further so setting this very low might not work
   ## as expected.
-  # max_request_body_size = 1_000_000
+  # max_request_body_size = 1000000
 
   ## Additional, Sumo specific options.
   ## Full list can be found here: