--authenticationDatabase is admin, not the container ID/name
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ These variables, used in conjunction, create a new user and set that user's pass
```console
$ docker run -d --name some-%%REPO%% -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=mongoadmin -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret %%IMAGE%%
-$ docker run -it --rm --link some-%%REPO%%:mongo %%IMAGE%% mongo --host mongo -u mongoadmin -p secret --authenticationDatabase some-db
+$ docker run -it --rm --link some-%%REPO%%:mongo %%IMAGE%% mongo --host mongo -u mongoadmin -p secret --authenticationDatabase admin some-db
> db.getName();
some-db
```