diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a54b2bf31..233392ed0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ This monorepo consists of three main sections:
 *AnythingLLM by default embeds text on instance privately [Learn More](/server/storage/models/README.md)
 
 ## Recommended usage with Docker (easy!)
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> If you are running another service on localhost like Chroma, LocalAi, or LMStudio
+> you will need to use http://host.docker.internal:xxxx to access the service from within
+> the docker container using AnythingLLM as `localhost:xxxx` will not resolve for the host system.
+> eg: Chroma host URL running on localhost:8000 on host machine needs to be http://host.docker.internal:8000
+> when used in AnythingLLM.
+
 > [!TIP]
 > It is best to mount the containers storage volume to a folder on your host machine
 > so that you can pull in future updates without deleting your existing data!
diff --git a/docker/HOW_TO_USE_DOCKER.md b/docker/HOW_TO_USE_DOCKER.md
index 94fa60593..6818a5f75 100644
--- a/docker/HOW_TO_USE_DOCKER.md
+++ b/docker/HOW_TO_USE_DOCKER.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Use the Dockerized version of AnythingLLM for a much faster and complete startup
 - Install [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) on your computer or machine.
 
 ## Recommend way to run dockerized AnythingLLM!
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> If you are running another service on localhost like Chroma, LocalAi, or LMStudio
+> you will need to use http://host.docker.internal:xxxx to access the service from within
+> the docker container using AnythingLLM as `localhost:xxxx` will not resolve for the host system.
+> eg: Chroma host URL running on localhost:8000 on host machine needs to be http://host.docker.internal:8000
+> when used in AnythingLLM.
+
 > [!TIP]
 > It is best to mount the containers storage volume to a folder on your host machine
 > so that you can pull in future updates without deleting your existing data!