diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2057b0cd29..d4e85ca9e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ echo 'NEXT_PUBLIC_DEBUG=1' >> .env
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    5. Now extract all the info and add it to your DATABASE_URL. The url would look something like this
-      `postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/Your-DB-Name`.
+      `postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/Your-DB-Name`. The port is configurable and does not have to be 5432.
 
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