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@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ The architectures supported by this image are:
 
 To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.
 
+>[!NOTE]
+>Unless a parameter is flaged as 'optional', it is *mandatory* and a value must be provided.
+
 ### docker-compose (recommended, [click here for more info](https://docs.linuxserver.io/general/docker-compose))
 
 ```yaml
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those abov
 
 | Parameter | Function |
 | :----: | --- |
-| `-p 8000` | Port for apprise's interface and API. |
+| `-p 8000:8000` | Port for apprise's interface and API. |
 | `-e PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e TZ=Etc/UTC` | specify a timezone to use, see this [list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List). |