diff --git a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/README.md b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/README.md
index bb46abe56019d..732c183b91af3 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ See the [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.
   # no configuration
 
   ## By default, don't gather RDMA counters
-  # rdma = false
+  # gather_rdma = false
 ```
 
 ## Metrics
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband.go b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband.go
index 31b97dacdf13b..48103b7937412 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/infiniband.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 var sampleConfig string
 
 type Infiniband struct {
+	RDMA bool            `toml:"gather_rdma"`
 	Log  telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
-	RDMA bool            `toml:"rdma" default:"false"`
 }
 
 func (*Infiniband) SampleConfig() string {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/sample.conf b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/sample.conf
index 5feb805f54ddd..807a75daf1484 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/infiniband/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/inputs/infiniband/sample.conf
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 [[inputs.infiniband]]
   # no configuration
 
-  ## By default, don't gather RDMA counters
-  # rdma = false
+  ## Collect RDMA counters
+  # gather_rdma = false