diff --git a/docker/images/n8n/README.md b/docker/images/n8n/README.md
index 9f6cc20264..0231021a0b 100644
--- a/docker/images/n8n/README.md
+++ b/docker/images/n8n/README.md
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ it can not be used anymore as encrypting it is not possible anymore.
 > may be dropped in the future.
 
 Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
- - MONGO_DATABASE
- - MONGO_HOST
- - MONGO_PORT
- - MONGO_USER
- - MONGO_PASSWORD
+ - <MONGO_DATABASE>
+ - <MONGO_HOST>
+ - <MONGO_PORT>
+ - <MONGO_USER>
+ - <MONGO_PASSWORD>
 
 ```
 docker run -it --rm \
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ A full working setup with docker-compose can be found [here](https://github.com/
 #### Use with PostgresDB
 
 Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
- - POSTGRES_DATABASE
- - POSTGRES_HOST
- - POSTGRES_PASSWORD
- - POSTGRES_PORT
- - POSTGRES_USER
+ - <POSTGRES_DATABASE>
+ - <POSTGRES_HOST>
+ - <POSTGRES_PASSWORD>
+ - <POSTGRES_PORT>
+ - <POSTGRES_USER>
 
 ```
 docker run -it --rm \
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ A full working setup with docker-compose can be found [here](https://github.com/
 #### Use with MySQL
 
 Replace the following placeholders with the actual data:
- - MYSQLDB_DATABASE
- - MYSQLDB_HOST
- - MYSQLDB_PASSWORD
- - MYSQLDB_PORT
- - MYSQLDB_USER
+ - <MYSQLDB_DATABASE>
+ - <MYSQLDB_HOST>
+ - <MYSQLDB_PASSWORD>
+ - <MYSQLDB_PORT>
+ - <MYSQLDB_USER>
 
 ```
 docker run -it --rm \
diff --git a/docs/database.md b/docs/database.md
index 1410374a26..f9a7d5802f 100644
--- a/docs/database.md
+++ b/docs/database.md
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ should not be too much work:
  - CockroachDB
  - MariaDB
  - Microsoft SQL
- - MySQL
  - Oracle
 
 If you can not use any of the currently supported databases for some reason and