diff --git a/config/consumer.properties b/config/consumer.properties
index 83847de30d1..01bb12eb089 100644
--- a/config/consumer.properties
+++ b/config/consumer.properties
@@ -12,18 +12,15 @@
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-# see kafka.consumer.ConsumerConfig for more details
+# see org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig for more details
-# Zookeeper connection string
-# comma separated host:port pairs, each corresponding to a zk
-# server. e.g. "127.0.0.1:3000,127.0.0.1:3001,127.0.0.1:3002"
-zookeeper.connect=127.0.0.1:2181
+# list of brokers used for bootstrapping knowledge about the rest of the cluster
+# format: host1:port1,host2:port2 ...
+bootstrap.servers=localhost:9092
-# timeout in ms for connecting to zookeeper
-zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms=6000
-
-#consumer group id
+# consumer group id
group.id=test-consumer-group
-#consumer timeout
-#consumer.timeout.ms=5000
+# What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if the current
+# offset does not exist any more on the server: latest, earliest, none
+#auto.offset.reset=
diff --git a/config/producer.properties b/config/producer.properties
index fcd745c783c..8833ea219d8 100644
--- a/config/producer.properties
+++ b/config/producer.properties
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
-# see kafka.producer.ProducerConfig for more details
+# see org.apache.kafka.clients.producer for more details
############################# Producer Basics #############################
diff --git a/docs/upgrade.html b/docs/upgrade.html
index 862dadb6b47..f5380e87e87 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade.html
+++ b/docs/upgrade.html
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
will return TOPIC_AUTHORIZATION_FAILED errors to requests irrespective of topic existence on broker.
If the user have required permissions and the topic doesn't exists, then the UNKNOWN_TOPIC_OR_PARTITION
error code will be returned.
+ config/consumer.properties file updated to use new consumer config properties.