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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Then pull the new `ghcr.io/kitconcept/solr` image and restart your services. The
 - Configuration to use an external Tika 3.2.3 server (patched against CVE-2025-66516)
 
 By default, Solr will connect to the Tika server at `http://tika:9998`.
-You can override this using the `solr.tika.url` environment variable.
+You can override this using the `solr.tika.url` option, which can be passed to Solr using the SOLR_OPTS environment variable, like this: `SOLR_OPTS="-Dsolr.tika.url=http://tika-acceptance:9998"`.
 
 ## Users with Custom Solr Images
 
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+Fix docs for configuring Tika URL. @davisagli