diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ed2d412..62afc1a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
-- [#1330](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1330): Fix exec plugin panic when using single binary
-- [#1336](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1336): Fixed incorrect prometheus metrics source selection
+- [#1330](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1330): Fix exec plugin panic when using single binary.
+- [#1336](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1336): Fixed incorrect prometheus metrics source selection.
+- [#1112](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1112): Set default Zookeeper chroot to empty string.
 
 ## v1.0 beta 1 [2016-06-07]
 
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 176b32f0..2325582f 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@
 #   ## an array of Zookeeper connection strings
 #   zookeeper_peers = ["localhost:2181"]
 #   ## Zookeeper Chroot
-#   zookeeper_chroot = "/"
+#   zookeeper_chroot = ""
 #   ## the name of the consumer group
 #   consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
 #   ## Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
index a2cda43d..5600d82a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## an array of Zookeeper connection strings
   zookeeper_peers = ["localhost:2181"]
   ## Zookeeper Chroot
-  zookeeper_chroot = "/"
+  zookeeper_chroot = ""
   ## the name of the consumer group
   consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
   ## Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")