diff --git a/doc/administration/gitaly/praefect.md b/doc/administration/gitaly/praefect.md
index a6e7f720b76e484941fb380a08e05134db5c4e90..4ec051596d883d4c7c682cc916ef7bd6739a66d7 100644
--- a/doc/administration/gitaly/praefect.md
+++ b/doc/administration/gitaly/praefect.md
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ praefect['configuration'] = {
    database: {
       # ...
       host: POSTGRESQL_HOST,
+      user: 'praefect',
       port: 5432,
       password: PRAEFECT_SQL_PASSWORD,
       dbname: 'praefect_production',