diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md b/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md
index a678d4a92f..ca3766f652 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/camera_specific.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Note that mjpeg cameras require encoding the video into h264 for recording, and
   mjpeg_cam:
     ffmpeg:
       inputs:
-        - path: rtsp://localhost:8554/mjpeg_cam
+        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/mjpeg_cam
           roles:
             - detect
             - record
diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/restream.md b/docs/docs/configuration/restream.md
index 2f4deb6f2c..3b3df0f251 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/restream.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/restream.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cameras:
   test_cam:
     ffmpeg:
       inputs:
-        - path: rtsp://localhost:8554/test_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera
+        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera
           roles:
             - record
             - detect
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ cameras:
   test_cam:
     ffmpeg:
       inputs:
-        - path: rtsp://localhost:8554/test_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera
+        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:8554/test_cam # <--- the name here must match the name of the camera
           roles:
             - record
         - path: rtsp://192.168.1.5:554/stream # <--- camera high res stream