diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfd534aa..421fd577 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class { '::heat':
   rabbit_userid       => 'heat',
   rabbit_password     => 'an_even_bigger_secret',
   rabbit_host         => '127.0.0.1',
-  database_connection => 'mysql://heat:a_big_secret@127.0.0.1/heat?charset=utf8',
+  database_connection => 'mysql+pymysql://heat:a_big_secret@127.0.0.1/heat?charset=utf8',
   identity_uri        => 'http://127.0.0.1:35357/',
   keystone_password   => 'a_big_secret',
 }