diff --git a/pkg/obsservice/README.md b/pkg/obsservice/README.md
index e67e85f7e4af..d7b270562ed5 100644
--- a/pkg/obsservice/README.md
+++ b/pkg/obsservice/README.md
@@ -14,17 +14,24 @@ the future).
 Build with
 
 ```shell
-go build ./pkg/obsservice/cmd/obsservice
+./dev build obsservice
 ```
 
-or
+which will include the DB Console UI served on the HTTP port. This adds the
+`"--config=with_ui"` bazel flag that embeds the UI.
+
+You can also build without the UI using:
 
 ```shell
 ./dev build pkg/obsservice/cmd/obsservice
 ```
 
+which will produce a binary in `./bin/obsservice`.
+
 ## Running
 
+Assuming you're already running a local CRDB instance:
+
 ```shell
 obsservice --http-addr=localhost:8081 --crdb-http-url=http://localhost:8080 --ui-cert=certs/cert.pem --ui-cert-key=certs/key.pem --ca-cert=certs/ca.crt
 ```
diff --git a/pkg/obsservice/cmd/obsservice/main.go b/pkg/obsservice/cmd/obsservice/main.go
index da598f4d5b66..6ff49c7dc760 100644
--- a/pkg/obsservice/cmd/obsservice/main.go
+++ b/pkg/obsservice/cmd/obsservice/main.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func main() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(
 		&sinkPGURL,
 		"sink-pgurl",
-		"postgresql://root@andrei-desktop:26257/defaultdb?sslmode=disable",
+		"postgresql://root@localhost:26257/defaultdb?sslmode=disable",
 		"PGURL for the sink cluster.")
 
 	if err := RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {