diff --git a/src/Options/Definitions.js b/src/Options/Definitions.js
index c9a316db36..6f9bec050e 100644
--- a/src/Options/Definitions.js
+++ b/src/Options/Definitions.js
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ module.exports.ParseServerOptions = {
   },
   databaseAdapter: {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_DATABASE_ADAPTER',
-    help: 'Adapter module for the database',
+    help:
+      'Adapter module for the database; any options that are not explicitly described here are passed directly to the database client.',
     action: parsers.moduleOrObjectParser,
   },
   databaseOptions: {
diff --git a/src/Options/docs.js b/src/Options/docs.js
index e8601bd4e5..d774aa4668 100644
--- a/src/Options/docs.js
+++ b/src/Options/docs.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  * @property {Number|Boolean} cluster Run with cluster, optionally set the number of processes default to os.cpus().length
  * @property {String} collectionPrefix A collection prefix for the classes
  * @property {CustomPagesOptions} customPages custom pages for password validation and reset
- * @property {Adapter<StorageAdapter>} databaseAdapter Adapter module for the database
+ * @property {Adapter<StorageAdapter>} databaseAdapter Adapter module for the database; any options that are not explicitly described here are passed directly to the database client.
  * @property {DatabaseOptions} databaseOptions Options to pass to the database client
  * @property {String} databaseURI The full URI to your database. Supported databases are mongodb or postgres.
  * @property {Boolean} directAccess Set to `true` if Parse requests within the same Node.js environment as Parse Server should be routed to Parse Server directly instead of via the HTTP interface. Default is `false`.<br><br>If set to `false` then Parse requests within the same Node.js environment as Parse Server are executed as HTTP requests sent to Parse Server via the `serverURL`. For example, a `Parse.Query` in Cloud Code is calling Parse Server via a HTTP request. The server is essentially making a HTTP request to itself, unnecessarily using network resources such as network ports.<br><br>⚠️ In environments where multiple Parse Server instances run behind a load balancer and Parse requests within the current Node.js environment should be routed via the load balancer and distributed as HTTP requests among all instances via the `serverURL`, this should be set to `false`.