diff --git a/plugins/inputs/burrow/README.md b/plugins/inputs/burrow/README.md
index 76dad6ea3cfd3..44aa29e4da6ae 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/burrow/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/burrow/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ via [Burrow](https://github.com/linkedin/Burrow) HTTP v3 [API](https://github.co
   servers = [ "http://127.0.0.1:8000" ]
 
   ## Prefix all HTTP API requests.
-  #api_prefix = "/v2/kafka"
+  #api_prefix = "/v3/kafka"
 
   ## Maximum time to receive response.
   #timeout = "5s"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/burrow/burrow.go b/plugins/inputs/burrow/burrow.go
index 3f3ea8c089e13..757700e565175 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/burrow/burrow.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/burrow/burrow.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const configSample = `
   servers = [ "http://127.0.0.1:8000" ]
 
   ## Prefix all HTTP API requests.
-  #api_prefix = "/v2/kafka"
+  #api_prefix = "/v3/kafka"
 
   ## Maximum time to receive response.
   #timeout = "5s"