diff --git a/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/README.md b/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/README.md
index 3d3b167686203..15d6363d44cca 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/README.md
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Example:
 
 #### PreVistaSupport
 
-(Deprecated. Necessary features on Windows Vista and newer are checked dynamically)
+(Deprecated in 1.7; Necessary features on Windows Vista and newer are checked dynamically)
 
 Bool, if set to `true`, the plugin will use the localized PerfCounter interface that has been present since before Vista for backwards compatibility.
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/win_perf_counters.go b/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/win_perf_counters.go
index 9cf45a256aa04..4effb3bc0c5fd 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/win_perf_counters.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/win_perf_counters.go
@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 `
 
 type Win_PerfCounters struct {
-	PrintValid bool
-	//deprecated: determined dynamically
-	PreVistaSupport            bool
+	PrintValid                 bool `toml:"PrintValid"`
+	PreVistaSupport            bool `toml:"PreVistaSupport" deprecated:"1.7.0;determined dynamically"`
 	UsePerfCounterTime         bool
 	Object                     []perfobject
 	CountersRefreshInterval    config.Duration