diff --git a/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md b/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md
index 9b727268..6c1d2ce0 100644
--- a/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md
+++ b/docs/server/source/appendices/run-with-docker.md
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ Let's analyze that command:
  command) inside the container, with the `-y` option to automatically use all the default config values
 * `mongodb` or `rethinkdb` specifies the database backend to use with bigchaindb
 
+To ensure that BigchainDB connects to the backend database bound to the virtual
+interface `172.17.0.1`, you must edit the BigchainDB configuration file
+(`~/bigchaindb_docker/.bigchaindb`) and change database.host from `localhost`
+to `172.17.0.1`.
+
 
 ### Run the backend database
 From v0.9 onwards, you can run either RethinkDB or MongoDB.
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ docker run \
 
 
 You can also access the RethinkDB dashboard at
-[http://localhost:58080/](http://localhost:58080/)
+[http://172.17.0.1:58080/](http://172.17.0.1:58080/)
 
 
 #### For MongoDB