diff --git a/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample b/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample
index b52d5760911..48e55de8198 100644
--- a/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample
+++ b/config/plugins/interactive_environments/ipython/config/ipython.ini.sample
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ command_inject = --sig-proxy=true -e DEBUG=false
 # this falls back to galaxy.ini's galaxy_infrastructure_url and finally to the
 # Docker host of the spawned container if that is also not set.
 #galaxy_url = 
+
+# The Docker hostname. It can be useful to run the Docker daemon on a different
+# host than Galaxy.
+#docker_host = localhost