diff --git a/server/docs/quickstart.md b/server/docs/quickstart.md
index d8a7534fb5..683eb7dce8 100644
--- a/server/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/server/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ your terminal:
 sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ente-io/ente/main/server/quickstart.sh)"
 ```
 
+> [!TIP]
+>
+> If you don't want to run via curl, you can alternatively download
+> [quickstart.sh](https://github.com/ente-io/ente/blob/main/server/quickstart.sh),
+> `chmod +x` it and then run it with `./quickstart.sh`.
+
 After the Docker compose cluster starts, you can open the Ente web app at
 http://localhost:3000.
 
@@ -37,12 +43,15 @@ The script first creates a directory named `my-ente` and changes to it.
 Then it creates a Docker compose file (`compose.yaml`) from a template, and a
 `museum.yaml` with fresh autogenerated credentials.
 
-Finally, it start the Docker compose cluster running
+Finally, it start the Docker compose cluster running the following services on 3
+open ports:
 
-- Ente's own server (museum)
-- Ente's web app
-- Postgres (DB)
-- Minio (S3 storage)
+| Service     | Port     | Notes                   |
+| ----------- | -------- | ----------------------- |
+| museum      | `:8080`  | Ente's API server       |
+| web         | `:3000`  | Ente Photos web app     |
+| postgres    |          | DB                      |
+| minio       | `:3200`  | S3                      |
 
 For each of these, it'll use the latest published Docker image.
 
@@ -86,7 +95,9 @@ on your system. All persistent data is saved in volumes managed by Docker.
 
 > [!CAUTION]
 >
-> You can clear these volumes by
+> If you delete the `my-ente` folder, the volumes will still persist. So if you
+> want to recreate everything from scratch, you can clear these Docker volumes
+> (`my-ente_postgres-data` and `my-ente_minio-data`) by
 >
 > ```sh
 > cd /path/to/my-ente
diff --git a/server/quickstart.sh b/server/quickstart.sh
index 96d34788d1..16624b2337 100755
--- a/server/quickstart.sh
+++ b/server/quickstart.sh
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ services:
   postgres:
     image: postgres:15
     environment:
-      POSTGRES_USER: pg-user
+      POSTGRES_USER: pguser
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: $pg_pass
       POSTGRES_DB: ente_db
     healthcheck:
-      test: pg_isready -q -d ente_db -U pg-user
+      test: pg_isready -q -d ente_db -U pguser
       start_period: 40s
       start_interval: 1s
     volumes:
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ db:
       host: postgres
       port: 5432
       name: ente_db
-      user: pg-user
+      user: pguser
       password: $pg_pass
 
 s3: