diff --git a/docs/source/smui/config.rst b/docs/source/smui/config.rst
index 99aecb6..5e6be1e 100644
--- a/docs/source/smui/config.rst
+++ b/docs/source/smui/config.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,40 @@ using environment variables:
      - Encryption key for server/client communication (Play 2.6 standard). This positively needs to be set to a high-entropy value in production environments.
      - **WARNING:** insecure default.
 
+
+MySQL Details
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The below settings assume you have a database named `smui` created on your localhost.
+
+::
+
+   SMUI_DB_URL=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/smui?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false&allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true
+   SMUI_DB_USER=root
+   SMUI_DB_PASSWORD=password
+
+If you are using MySQL in a Docker Compose setup, then create the file `mysql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/db.sql`:
+
+::
+
+   CREATE DATABASE smui;
+   CREATE USER 'smui'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'smui';
+   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON smui.* TO 'smui'@'%';
+
+Have the script run when MySQL starts via the volume mapping: `./mysql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d`.
+
+Microsoft SQL Server Details
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The below settings assume you have a database named `smui` created on your localhost.
+
+::
+
+   SMUI_DB_JDBC_DRIVER=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
+   SMUI_DB_URL=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=smui
+   SMUI_DB_USER=sa
+   SMUI_DB_PASSWORD=Testing1122
+
 Advanced configuration
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/smui/using-smui.rst b/docs/source/smui/using-smui.rst
index 7e2acc7..eed30ef 100644
--- a/docs/source/smui/using-smui.rst
+++ b/docs/source/smui/using-smui.rst
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ with the following database management systems:
 -  PostgreSQL
 -  SQLite
 -  HSQLDB
+-  Microsoft SQL Server
 
 Where your database backend application runs, e.g. in a production
 environment, depends on your specific setup. Refer to the :ref:`basic configuration <smui-basic-settings>`
 section on how to configure your database connection.
 
-Once the database connection has been configured, SMUI will initialize the
-database on first startup.
+Once the database has been created, and the connection has been configured, SMUI will initialize the
+database on startup.
 
 Managing rules
 --------------