diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2231803625d3c..c7a91312ab1f3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1610,12 +1610,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220829220503-c86fa9a7ed90/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.3.0/go.mod h1:hebNnKkNXi2UzZN1eVRvBB7co0a+JxK6XbPiWVs/3J4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0/go.mod h1:mRqEX+O9/h5TFCrQhkgjo2yKi0yYA+9ecGkdQoHrywE=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0 h1:LKqV2xt9+kDzSTfOhx4FrkEBcMrAgHSYgzywV9zcGmM=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0/go.mod h1:o4eNf7Ede1fv+hwOwZsTHl9EsPFO6q6ZvYR8vYfY45I=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0 h1:6Ewdq3tDic1mg5xRO4milcWCfMVQhI4NkqWWvqejpuA=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.11.0/go.mod h1:xgJhtzW8F9jGdVFWZESrid1U1bjeNy4zgy5cRr/CIio=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20180321215751-8460e604b9de/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20180807140117-3d87b88a115f/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190306152737-a1d7652674e8/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190510132918-efd6b22b2522/go.mod h1:ZjyILWgesfNpC6sMxTJOJm9Kp84zZh5NQWvqDGG3Qr8=
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md
index 643772d2ed363..fee1200afbe46 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ to use them.
   ## The following values control the HTTP/2 client's timeouts. These settings
   ## are generally not required unless a user is seeing issues with client
   ## disconnects. If a user does see issues, then it is suggested to set these
-  ## values to TODO for ping timeout and TODO for read idle timeout and retry.
+  ## values to "15s" for ping timeout and "30s" for read idle timeout and
+  ## retry.
+  ##
+  ## Note that the timer for read_idle_timeout begins at the end of the last
+  ## successful write and not at the beginning of the next write.
   # ping_timeout = "0s"
   # read_idle_timeout = "0s"
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/sample.conf b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/sample.conf
index b6867375c89f5..93acf0dae0651 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/sample.conf
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@
   ## The following values control the HTTP/2 client's timeouts. These settings
   ## are generally not required unless a user is seeing issues with client
   ## disconnects. If a user does see issues, then it is suggested to set these
-  ## values to TODO for ping timeout and TODO for read idle timeout and retry.
+  ## values to "15s" for ping timeout and "30s" for read idle timeout and
+  ## retry.
+  ##
+  ## Note that the timer for read_idle_timeout begins at the end of the last
+  ## successful write and not at the beginning of the next write.
   # ping_timeout = "0s"
   # read_idle_timeout = "0s"