diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index f08d545b18..9a6a043f8a 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -500,6 +500,9 @@ func MergeConfig(a, b *Config) *Config {
 	if b.SkipLeaveOnInt == true {
 		result.SkipLeaveOnInt = true
 	}
+	if b.StatsiteAddr != "" {
+		result.StatsiteAddr = b.StatsiteAddr
+	}
 	if b.EnableDebug {
 		result.EnableDebug = true
 	}
diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/telemetry.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/agent/telemetry.html.markdown
index 473e2832de..1035304cc9 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/agent/telemetry.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/agent/telemetry.html.markdown
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ information to the stderr of the agent.
 In general, the telemetry information is used for debugging or otherwise
 getting a better view into what Consul is doing.
 
-Additionally, if the `-statsite` [option](/docs/agent/options.html) is provided,
-then the telemetry information will be streamed to a [statsite](http://github.com/armon/statsite)
-server where it can be aggregate and flushed to Graphite or any other metrics store.
+Additionally, if the `statsite_addr` [configuration option](/docs/agent/options.html)
+is provided, then the telemetry information will be streamed to a
+[statsite](http://github.com/armon/statsite) server where it can be
+aggregate and flushed to Graphite or any other metrics store.
 
 Below is an example output: