diff --git a/docs/docs/using-superset/creating-your-first-dashboard.mdx b/docs/docs/using-superset/creating-your-first-dashboard.mdx
index f7f2c353957f4..95e6512782a25 100644
--- a/docs/docs/using-superset/creating-your-first-dashboard.mdx
+++ b/docs/docs/using-superset/creating-your-first-dashboard.mdx
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ or for the purposes of this walkthrough, you can click the link below all these
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+Please note, if you are trying to connect to another locally running database (whether on host or another container), and you get the message `The port is closed.`, then you need to adjust the HOST to `host.docker.internal`
+
Once you've clicked that link you only need to specify two things (the database name and SQLAlchemy URI):