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@@ -95,13 +95,18 @@ vitess/examples/compose$ ./client.sh
 
 ### Connect to vgate and run queries
 vtgate responds to the MySQL protocol, so we can connect to it using the default MySQL client command line.
-You can also use the `./lmysql.sh` helper script.  
 ```
 vitess/examples/compose$ mysql --port=15306 --host=127.0.0.1
-vitess/examples/compose$ ./lmysql.sh --port=15306 --host=127.0.0.1
 ```
 **Note that you may need to replace `127.0.0.1` with `docker ip` or `docker-machine ip`** 
 
+You can also use the `./lmysql.sh` helper script.
+```
+vitess/examples/compose$ ./lmysql.sh --port=15306 --host=<DOCKER_HOST_IP>
+```
+
+where `<DOCKER_HOST_IP>` is `docker-machine ip` or external docker host ip addr
+
 ### Play around with vtctl commands
 
 ```
diff --git a/examples/compose/lmysql.sh b/examples/compose/lmysql.sh
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