diff --git a/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh b/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh
index 0f95c7c..e54a6e8 100755
--- a/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh
+++ b/scripts/vps-paragon-diagnostics.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 #   FRACTURED_WS_BIN         — path to worldserver binary (default: auto-detect)
 #   FRACTURED_WORLDSERVER_CONF — path to worldserver.conf (default: guess from BIN + common layouts)
 #   FRACTURED_SYSTEMD_UNITS  — space-separated units to try (default: "fractured-world worldserver ac-worldserver")
-#   FRACTURED_MYSQL          — prefix to invoke mysql, e.g. 'mysql -uacore -h127.0.0.1' (password via ~/.my.cnf or -p)
+#   FRACTURED_MYSQL          — prefix to invoke mysql, e.g. 'mysql -uacore -pacore -h127.0.0.1'
+#                              (default Fractured local DB user/password are often both "acore"; use ~/.my.cnf if you prefer not to pass -p on the command line)
 #                              If unset, SQL blocks are printed for manual copy-paste only.
 #   FRACTURED_SPELL_IDS      — space-separated spell IDs for spell_dbc spot-check (defaults to common DK rune spenders)
 #   FRACTURED_DIAG_OUTPUT    — full log file path (default: <repo>/var/vps-paragon-diagnostics-last.txt)