diff --git a/setup/docker/arm64/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/arm64/docker-compose.yml
index e311965c1..2be0864e6 100644
--- a/setup/docker/arm64/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/arm64/docker-compose.yml
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allow uploads that MAY be offensive
       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
diff --git a/setup/docker/armv7/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/armv7/docker-compose.yml
index 10f72b5a3..05a7850b6 100644
--- a/setup/docker/armv7/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/armv7/docker-compose.yml
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
diff --git a/setup/docker/cloud/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/cloud/docker-compose.yml
index 03c6b659b..ea1a6b024 100644
--- a/setup/docker/cloud/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/cloud/docker-compose.yml
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_JPEG_QUALITY: 85                      # a higher value increases the quality and file size of JPEG images and thumbnails (25-100)
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                  # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                   # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"              # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"       # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"           # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"           # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "_admin_password_" # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"              # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"       # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"           # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"           # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "_admin_password_" # MariaDB database user password
       ## Video Transcoding (https://docs.photoprism.app/getting-started/advanced/transcoding/):
       # PHOTOPRISM_FFMPEG_ENCODER: "software"          # H.264/AVC encoder (software, intel, nvidia, apple, raspberry, or vaapi)
       # PHOTOPRISM_FFMPEG_SIZE: "1920"                 # video size limit in pixels (720-7680) (default: 3840)
diff --git a/setup/docker/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 9a7de4d8d..85de6b83c 100644
--- a/setup/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
diff --git a/setup/docker/macos/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/macos/docker-compose.yml
index 8f910bd2b..9e618f4a0 100644
--- a/setup/docker/macos/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/macos/docker-compose.yml
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_AUTO_IMPORT: -1                     # delay before automatically importing files in SECONDS when uploading via WebDAV (-1 to disable)
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
diff --git a/setup/docker/nvidia/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/nvidia/docker-compose.yml
index a36dec72d..6a4de7367 100644
--- a/setup/docker/nvidia/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/nvidia/docker-compose.yml
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
diff --git a/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env b/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env
index 93122159e..a45a73406 100644
--- a/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env
+++ b/setup/docker/portainer/stack.env
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ MARIADB_PASSWORD=insecure
 MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=insecure
 # use MariaDB 10.5+ improved performance compared to SQLite
 PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER=mysql
-# MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
+# MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
 PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER=mariadb:3306
-# MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
+# MariaDB database schema name
 PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME=photoprism
-# MariaDB or MySQL database user name
+# MariaDB database user name
 PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER=photoprism
-# MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+# MariaDB database user password
 PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD=insecure
 # admin login username
 PHOTOPRISM_ADMIN_USER=admin
diff --git a/setup/docker/scheduler/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/scheduler/docker-compose.yml
index be77201d9..ba07d4a97 100644
--- a/setup/docker/scheduler/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/scheduler/docker-compose.yml
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
diff --git a/setup/docker/windows/docker-compose.yml b/setup/docker/windows/docker-compose.yml
index 839737e88..26f2ad549 100644
--- a/setup/docker/windows/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/docker/windows/docker-compose.yml
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_AUTO_IMPORT: -1                     # delay before automatically importing files in SECONDS when uploading via WebDAV (-1 to disable)
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server hostname (:port is optional)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server hostname (:port is optional)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author
diff --git a/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml b/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml
index 766399a95..6ed33f87d 100644
--- a/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/setup/podman/docker-compose.yml
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ services:
       PHOTOPRISM_DETECT_NSFW: "false"                # automatically flags photos as private that MAY be offensive (requires TensorFlow)
       PHOTOPRISM_UPLOAD_NSFW: "true"                 # allows uploads that MAY be offensive (no effect without TensorFlow)
       # PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite"         # SQLite is an embedded database that doesn't require a server
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5+ or MySQL 8+ instead of SQLite for improved performance
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB or MySQL database server (hostname:port)
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database schema name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB or MySQL database user name
-      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB or MySQL database user password
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_DRIVER: "mysql"            # use MariaDB 10.5.12+ (MySQL successor) instead of SQLite for good indexing performance
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_SERVER: "mariadb:3306"     # MariaDB database server (hostname:port)
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_NAME: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database schema name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_USER: "photoprism"         # MariaDB database user name
+      PHOTOPRISM_DATABASE_PASSWORD: "insecure"       # MariaDB database user password
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_CAPTION: "AI-Powered Photos App"
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_DESCRIPTION: ""                # meta site description
       PHOTOPRISM_SITE_AUTHOR: ""                     # meta site author