diff --git a/conf/input.docker/docker.toml b/conf/input.docker/docker.toml
index fea57b1..d656f3e 100644
--- a/conf/input.docker/docker.toml
+++ b/conf/input.docker/docker.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ total_include = ["cpu", "blkio", "network"]
 ## docker labels to include and exclude as tags. Globs accepted.
 ## Note that an empty array for both will include all labels as tags
 docker_label_include = []
-docker_label_exclude = ["annotation*", "io.kubernetes*"]
+docker_label_exclude = ["annotation*", "io.kubernetes*", "description", "maintainer*"]
 
 ## Optional TLS Config
 # use_tls = false