diff --git a/docker/.env.example b/docker/.env.example
index 613f99706..6a3fcabd6 100644
--- a/docker/.env.example
+++ b/docker/.env.example
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LITELLM_MASTER_KEY="sk-1234"
 # Database - You can change these to any PostgreSQL database.
 ############
 
-LITELLM_DATABASE_URL="your-postgres-db-url" 
+DATABASE_URL="your-postgres-db-url" 
 
 
 ############
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ LITELLM_DATABASE_URL="your-postgres-db-url"
 # SMTP_HOST = "fake-mail-host"
 # SMTP_USERNAME = "fake-mail-user"
 # SMTP_PASSWORD="fake-mail-password"
-# SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL="fake-sender-email"
\ No newline at end of file
+# SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL="fake-sender-email"