diff --git a/devstack/README.rst b/devstack/README.rst
index e1376c9..97361ae 100644
--- a/devstack/README.rst
+++ b/devstack/README.rst
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ that control this:
   Possible values:
 
   * ``messaging://`` - use messaging as trace collector (with the transport configured by oslo.messaging)
-  * ``redis://host:port`` - use Redis as trace storage
+  * ``redis://[:password]@host[:port][/db]`` - use Redis as trace storage
   * ``elasticsearch://host:port`` - use Elasticsearch as trace storage
   * ``mongodb://host:port`` - use MongoDB as trace storage
   * ``loginsight://username:password@host`` - use LogInsight as trace collector/storage
diff --git a/doc/source/user/collectors.rst b/doc/source/user/collectors.rst
index 359d547..e163d57 100644
--- a/doc/source/user/collectors.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user/collectors.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ Redis
 * Usage
 
   The driver is used by OSProfiler when using a connection-string URL
-  of the form redis://<hostname>:<port>. To use the Sentinel version
-  use a connection-string of the form redissentinel://<hostname>:<port>
+  of the form redis://[:password]@host[:port][/db]. To use the Sentinel version
+  use a connection-string of the form
+  redissentinel://[:password]@host[:port][/db]
 
 * Configuration