diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index f44583c84..6a2278ca9 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
 
     <dt><b>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']</b> string</dt>
     <dd>
-        The hostname of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.
+        The hostname or IP address of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.
         <br /><br />
     </dd>
 
diff --git a/config.inc.php3 b/config.inc.php3
index f91c55d43..8545e80d3 100755
--- a/config.inc.php3
+++ b/config.inc.php3
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $i = 0;
 // The $cfg['Servers'] array starts with $cfg['Servers'][1].  Do not use $cfg['Servers'][0].
 // You can disable a server config entry by setting host to ''.
 $i++;
-$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname
+$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']          = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname or IP address
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']          = '';          // MySQL port - leave blank for default port
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']        = '';          // Path to the socket - leave blank for default socket
 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type']  = 'tcp';       // How to connect to MySQL server ('tcp' or 'socket')