diff --git a/stable/telegraf/templates/NOTES.txt b/stable/telegraf/templates/NOTES.txt
index 26d1881de5..d98cf612e4 100644
--- a/stable/telegraf/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/stable/telegraf/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,14 @@ To watch for the LoadBalancer IP run the following
 
 - kubectl get svc -w --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l app={{ template "fullname" . }}
 {{- end }}
+
+{{- if empty .Values.single.config.outputs.influxdb.urls }}
+{{- if empty .Values.daemonset.config.outputs.influxdb.urls }}
+
+Need to set an InfluxDB url for either single or daemonset to deploy this instance:
+
+.Values.daemonset.config.outputs.influxdb.urls
+.Values.single.config.outputs.influxdb.urls
+
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stable/telegraf/values.yaml b/stable/telegraf/values.yaml
index 62693bd453..8e94bef65d 100644
--- a/stable/telegraf/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/telegraf/values.yaml
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ single:
 ##        topic: "telegraf"
 ##        data_format: "influx"
     inputs:
+      cpu:
+        percpu: false
+        totalcpu: true
+      system:
 ##      aerospike:
 ##        servers: 
 ##          - "localhost:3000"