diff --git a/docs/local-api/overview.mdx b/docs/local-api/overview.mdx
index 258f627fa..a3040e19e 100644
--- a/docs/local-api/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/local-api/overview.mdx
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ dotenv.config({
   path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../.env'),
 })
 
-const { PAYLOAD_SECRET, MONGODB_URI } = process.env
+const { PAYLOAD_SECRET } = process.env
 
 const doAction = async (): Promise<void> => {
   await payload.init({
diff --git a/docs/production/deployment.mdx b/docs/production/deployment.mdx
index 27e2e2c92..7d7f87d52 100644
--- a/docs/production/deployment.mdx
+++ b/docs/production/deployment.mdx
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ DigitalOcean provides extremely helpful documentation that can walk you through
 
 ## Docker
 
-This is an example of a multi-stage docker build of Payload for production. Ensure you are setting your environment variables on deployment, like `PAYLOAD_SECRET`, `PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH`, and `MONGODB_URI` if needed.
+This is an example of a multi-stage docker build of Payload for production. Ensure you are setting your environment variables on deployment, like `PAYLOAD_SECRET`, `PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH`, and `DATABASE_URI` if needed.
 
 ```dockerfile
 FROM node:18-alpine as base
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - mongo
     environment:
-      MONGODB_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/payload
+      DATABASE_URI: mongodb://mongo:27017/payload
       PORT: 3000
       NODE_ENV: development
       PAYLOAD_SECRET: TESTING