diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/podman.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/podman.adoc
index a8eae2551625d..05a21f8faeb26 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/podman.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/podman.adoc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ With the above rootless setup on Linux, you will need to configure clients, such
 
 [source,bash]
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-export DOCKER_HOST=$(podman info --format '{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Path}}')
+export DOCKER_HOST=unix://$(podman info --format '{{.Host.RemoteSocket.Path}}')
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 == Other Linux settings