diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index c9011536a1560fe7c991624b5362a790f2dad8df..10e949302c32bd0c4f088d49d432f7cc0a8066c2 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 # # Configuration for Graphite server to send metrics to
 # [[outputs.graphite]]
 #   ## TCP endpoint for your graphite instance.
+#   ## If multiple endpoints are configured, the output will be load balanced.
+#   ## Only one of the endpoints will be written to with each iteration.
 #   servers = ["localhost:2003"]
 #   ## Prefix metrics name
 #   prefix = ""
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md b/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md
index 2de699dea294823dbd918f472cc698d3c1c6e2c5..3e2369e214be70589fb8681a7974e03ba1a57825 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ via raw TCP.
 # Configuration for Graphite server to send metrics to
 [[outputs.graphite]]
   ## TCP endpoint for your graphite instance.
+  ## If multiple endpoints are configured, the output will be load balanced.
+  ## Only one of the endpoints will be written to with each iteration.
   servers = ["localhost:2003"]
   ## Prefix metrics name
   prefix = ""
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go b/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go
index 30aee0eb618a2bdc6dccfaff753865b406449763..4e127ed7c4935054829252d051b68e52ef3b769a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type Graphite struct {
 
 var sampleConfig = `
   ## TCP endpoint for your graphite instance.
+  ## If multiple endpoints are configured, output will be load balanced.
+  ## Only one of the endpoints will be written to with each iteration.
   servers = ["localhost:2003"]
   ## Prefix metrics name
   prefix = ""