diff --git a/conf/defaults.ini b/conf/defaults.ini
index 5d1d1831cb3..bd1a069c744 100644
--- a/conf/defaults.ini
+++ b/conf/defaults.ini
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ provider = file
 # Provider config options
 # memory: not have any config yet
 # file: session dir path, is relative to grafana data_path
-# redis: config like redis server addr, poolSize, password, e.g. `127.0.0.1:6379,100,grafana`
+# redis: config like redis server e.g. `addr=127.0.0.1:6379,pool_size=100,db=grafana`
 # postgres: user=a password=b host=localhost port=5432 dbname=c sslmode=disable
 # mysql: go-sql-driver/mysql dsn config string, e.g. `user:password@tcp(127.0.0.1)/database_name`
 
diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index cd01c588766..2ac1fd6ee1e 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 # Provider config options
 # memory: not have any config yet
 # file: session dir path, is relative to grafana data_path
-# redis: config like redis server addr, poolSize, password, e.g. `127.0.0.1:6379,100,grafana`
+# redis: config like redis server e.g. `addr=127.0.0.1:6379,pool_size=100,db=grafana`
 # mysql: go-sql-driver/mysql dsn config string, e.g. `user:password@tcp(127.0.0.1)/database_name`
 # postgres: user=a password=b host=localhost port=5432 dbname=c sslmode=disable
 ;provider_config = sessions