diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ to `config.json` before filling in your own details.
 | ------------------- | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 |                     | `CMD_CONFIG_FILE`        | **no default**, `/path/to/config.json`                                                                                                              | optional override for the path to HedgeDoc's config file                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `db`                |                          | **`undefined`**, `{ "dialect": "sqlite", "storage": "./db.hedgedoc.sqlite" }`                                                                         | set the db configs, [see more here](http://sequelize.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api/sequelize/)                                                                                                             |
-| `dbURL`             | `CMD_DB_URL`             | **`undefined`**, `mysql://localhost:3306/database`                                                                                                  | Set the db in URL style. If set, then the relevant `db` config entries will be overridden.                                                                                                                 |
+| `dbURL`             | `CMD_DB_URL`             | **`undefined`**, `postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/hedgedoc` or `mysql://username:password@localhost:3306/hedgedoc`| Set the db in URL style. If set, then the relevant `db` config entries will be overridden.                                                                                                                 |
 | `loglevel`          | `CMD_LOGLEVEL`           | **`info`**, `debug` ...                                                                                                                             | Defines what kind of logs are provided to stdout. Available options: `debug`, `verbose`, `info`, `warn`, `error`                                                                                           |
 | `forbiddenNoteIDs`  | `CMD_FORBIDDEN_NOTE_IDS` | **`['robots.txt', 'favicon.ico', 'api', 'build', 'css', 'docs', 'fonts', 'js', 'uploads', 'vendor', 'views']`**, `['robots.txt']` or `'robots.txt'` | disallow creation of notes, even if `allowFreeUrl` or `CMD_ALLOW_FREEURL` is `true`                                                                                                                        |
 | `imageUploadType`   | `CMD_IMAGE_UPLOAD_TYPE`  | **`filesystem`**, `imgur`, `s3`, `minio`, `azure`, `lutim`                                                                                          | Where to upload images. For S3, see our Image Upload Guides for [S3](guides/s3-image-upload.md) or [Minio](guides/minio-image-upload.md), also there's a whole section on their respective env vars below. |