diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
index 3e9788c339c38..27e4566cd1c1d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ The `use_regex` setting can be used to ensure all illegal characters are properl
   use_regex = false
 
   ## point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront (if none found, host will be used)
-  source_tags = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
+  source_override = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
 
   ## Print additional debug information requires debug = true at the agent level
   debug_all = false
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Parameters:
 	MetricSeparator string
 	ConvertPaths    bool
 	UseRegex    	bool
-	SourceTags       string
+	SourceOverride  string
 	DebugAll        bool
 
 * `prefix`: String to use as a prefix for all sent metrics.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Parameters:
 * `metric_separator`: character to use to separate metric and field names. (default is `_`)
 * `convert_paths`: if true (default) will convert all `_` in metric and field names to `metric_seperator`
 * `use_regex`: if true (default is false) will use regex to ensure all illegal characters are converted to `-`.  Regex is much slower than the default mode which will catch most illegal characters.  Use with caution.
-* `source_tags`: ordered list of point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront. Once a match a found that tag is used for that point.  If no tags are found the host tag will be used.
+* `source_override`: ordered list of point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront. Once a match is found, that tag is used as the source for that point.  If no tags are found the host tag will be used.
 * `debug_all`: Will output additional debug information.  Requires `debug = true` to be configured at the agent level
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
index 1f20619f9c9b1..57e8c201529de 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ type Wavefront struct {
 	SimpleFields    bool
 	MetricSeparator string
 	ConvertPaths    bool
-	UseRegex    	bool
-	SourceTags      []string
+	UseRegex        bool
+	SourceOverride  []string
 	DebugAll        bool
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   #use_regex = false
 
   ## point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront (if none found, host will be used)
-  #source_tags = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
+  #source_override = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
 
   ## Print additional debug information requires debug = true at the agent level
   #debug_all = false
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (w *Wavefront) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 func buildTags(mTags map[string]string, w *Wavefront) []string {
 	sourceTagFound := false
 
-	for _, s := range w.SourceTags {
+	for _, s := range w.SourceOverride {
 		for k, v := range mTags {
 			if k == s {
 				mTags["source"] = v
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
index 09ac28bfd481d..a3b28387d3a31 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func defaultWavefront() *Wavefront {
 
 func TestSourceTags(t *testing.T) {
 	w := defaultWavefront()
-	w.SourceTags = []string{"snmp_host", "hostagent"}
+	w.SourceOverride = []string{"snmp_host", "hostagent"}
 
 	var tagtests = []struct {
 		ptIn    map[string]string
diff --git a/telegraf.conf b/telegraf.conf
index c3d29ae5261e0..2216f069d110c 100644
--- a/telegraf.conf
+++ b/telegraf.conf
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   #use_regex = false
 
   ## point tags to use as the source name for Wavefront (if none found, host will be used)
-  #source_tags = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
+  #source_override = ["hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"]
 
 
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