diff --git a/docker/photoprism/arm64/docker-compose.yml b/docker/photoprism/arm64/docker-compose.yml
index 383216750..f467e1179 100644
--- a/docker/photoprism/arm64/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/photoprism/arm64/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
       PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_PORT: 2342
       PHOTOPRISM_SETTINGS_HIDDEN: "false"            # Users can not view or change settings
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"           # Change to "mysql" for external MySQL or MariaDB
-      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"          # Using MariaDB or MySQL instead of SQLite is optional
-      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DSN: "user:passwd@tcp(photoprism-db:3306)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&parseTime=true"
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"           # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
+      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"          # Use MariaDB (or MySQL) instead of SQLite for improved performance
+      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DSN: "photoprism:insecure@tcp(mariadb:3306)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&parseTime=true"
       PHOTOPRISM_SIDECAR_JSON: "true"                # Automatically create JSON sidecar files using Exiftool
       PHOTOPRISM_SIDECAR_YAML: "true"                # Automatically backup metadata to YAML sidecar files
       PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_FILTER: "lanczos"             # Resample filter, best to worst: blackman, lanczos, cubic, linear
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@ services:
 
 # Uncomment the following lines to use MariaDB instead of SQLite for improved performance & scalability:
 #
-#  photoprism-db:
-#    image: mariadb:10.5 # Alternatively mysql:8.0
+#  mariadb:
+#    image: mariadb:10.5
 #    restart: unless-stopped
 #    command: mysqld --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=512 --innodb-rollback-on-timeout=OFF --innodb-lock-wait-timeout=50
 #    volumes:
 #      - "/var/lib/mysql"
 #    environment:
-#      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: photoprism
-#      MYSQL_USER: user
-#      MYSQL_PASSWORD: passwd
+#      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: please-change
+#      MYSQL_USER: photoprism
+#      MYSQL_PASSWORD: insecure
 #      MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
 
 # Uncomment the following lines to upgrade automatically, whenever there is a new Docker image available:
diff --git a/docker/photoprism/docker-compose.yml b/docker/photoprism/docker-compose.yml
index c35ce3f16..235573340 100644
--- a/docker/photoprism/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/photoprism/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
       PHOTOPRISM_HTTP_PORT: 2342
       PHOTOPRISM_SETTINGS_HIDDEN: "false"            # Users can not view or change settings
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"           # Change to "mysql" for external MySQL or MariaDB
-      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"          # Using MariaDB or MySQL instead of SQLite is optional
-      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DSN: "user:passwd@tcp(photoprism-db:3306)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&parseTime=true"
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"           # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
+      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"          # Use MariaDB (or MySQL) instead of SQLite for improved performance
+      # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DSN: "photoprism:insecure@tcp(mariadb:3306)/photoprism?charset=utf8mb4,utf8&parseTime=true"
       PHOTOPRISM_SIDECAR_JSON: "true"                # Automatically create JSON sidecar files using Exiftool
       PHOTOPRISM_SIDECAR_YAML: "true"                # Automatically backup metadata to YAML sidecar files
       PHOTOPRISM_THUMB_FILTER: "lanczos"             # Resample filter, best to worst: blackman, lanczos, cubic, linear
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@ services:
 
 # Uncomment the following lines to use MariaDB instead of SQLite for improved performance & scalability:
 #
-#  photoprism-db:
-#    image: mariadb:10.5 # Alternatively mysql:8.0
+#  mariadb:
+#    image: mariadb:10.5
 #    restart: unless-stopped
 #    command: mysqld --transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --character-set-server=utf8mb4 --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci --max-connections=512 --innodb-rollback-on-timeout=OFF --innodb-lock-wait-timeout=50
 #    volumes:
 #      - "/var/lib/mysql"
 #    environment:
-#      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: photoprism
-#      MYSQL_USER: user
-#      MYSQL_PASSWORD: passwd
+#      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: please-change
+#      MYSQL_USER: photoprism
+#      MYSQL_PASSWORD: insecure
 #      MYSQL_DATABASE: photoprism
 
 # Uncomment the following lines to upgrade automatically, whenever there is a new Docker image available: