diff --git a/conf/defaults.ini b/conf/defaults.ini
index bf60d4300c0..a594bd018de 100644
--- a/conf/defaults.ini
+++ b/conf/defaults.ini
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ url = https://grafana.com
 
 #################################### Distributed tracing ############
 [tracing.jaeger]
-# jaeger destination (ex localhost:5775)
+# jaeger destination (ex localhost:6831)
 address =
 
 #################################### External Image Storage ##############
diff --git a/conf/sample.ini b/conf/sample.ini
index 706ede8899f..4c83860bb7f 100644
--- a/conf/sample.ini
+++ b/conf/sample.ini
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@
 
 #################################### Distributed tracing ############
 [tracing.jaeger]
-# Enable by setting the address sending traces to jaeger (ex localhost:5775)
-;address = localhost:5775
+# Enable by setting the address sending traces to jaeger (ex localhost:6831)
+;address = localhost:6831
 
 #################################### Grafana.com integration  ##########################
 # Url used to to import dashboards directly from Grafana.com