diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md
index ae9f53c339f9577d0812bf683bee14210454fc4b..73417b2125dccb5606c33fb0a60088850ce086b2 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/particle/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ String data = String::format("{ \"tags\" : {
 Escaping the "" is required in the source file.
 The number of tag values and field values is not restrictied so you can send as many values per webhook call as you'd like.
 
-You will need to enable JSON messages in the Webhooks setup of Particle.io
+You will need to enable JSON messages in the Webhooks setup of Particle.io, and make sure to check the "include default data" box as well.
 
 
 See [webhook doc](https://docs.particle.io/reference/webhooks/)