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-rw-r--r--docker/README.md5
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diff --git a/changelog.d/4987.misc b/changelog.d/4987.misc
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+README updates: Corrected the default POSTGRES_USER. Added port forwarding hint in TLS section.
diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index 44ade63f27..b48d74e09c 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ Synapse requires a valid TLS certificate. You can do one of the following:
  * Provide your own certificate and key (as
    `${DATA_PATH}/${SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME}.tls.crt` and
    `${DATA_PATH}/${SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME}.tls.key`, or elsewhere by providing an
-   entire config as `${SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH}`).
+   entire config as `${SYNAPSE_CONFIG_PATH}`). In this case, you should forward
+   traffic to port 8448 in the container, for example with `-p 443:8448`.
 
  * Use a reverse proxy to terminate incoming TLS, and forward the plain http
    traffic to port 8008 in the container. In this case you should set `-e
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ Database specific values (will use SQLite if not set):
   **NOTE**: You are highly encouraged to use postgresql! Please use the compose
   file to make it easier to deploy.
 * `POSTGRES_USER` - The user for the synapse postgres database. [default:
-  `matrix`]
+  `synapse`]
 
 Mail server specific values (will not send emails if not set):