diff --git a/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/configure-prometheus-data-source.md b/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/configure-prometheus-data-source.md
index 96c4af21075..69210106914 100644
--- a/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/configure-prometheus-data-source.md
+++ b/docs/sources/datasources/prometheus/configure-prometheus-data-source.md
@@ -63,15 +63,19 @@ The first option to configure is the name of your connection:
 
 - **Default** - Toggle to select as the default name in dashboard panels. When you go to a dashboard panel this will be the default selected data source.
 
-### HTTP section
+### Connection section
 
-- **URL** - The URL of your Prometheus server. If your Prometheus server is local, use `<http://localhost:9090>`. If it is on a server within a network, this is the URL with port where you are running Prometheus. Example: `<http://prometheus.example.orgname:9090>`.
+- **Prometheus server URL** - The URL of your Prometheus server. If your Prometheus server is local, use `http://localhost:9090`. If it is on a server within a network, this is the URL with port where you are running Prometheus. Example: `http://prometheus.example.orgname:9090`.
 
-- **Allowed cookies** - Specify cookies by name that should be forwarded to the data source. The Grafana proxy deletes all forwarded cookies by default.
+{{< admonition type="note" >}}
 
-- **Timeout** - The HTTP request timeout. This must be in seconds. There is no default, so this setting is up to you.
+If you're running Grafana and Prometheus together in different container environments, each localhost refers to its own container - if the server URL is localhost:9090, that means port 9090 inside the Grafana container, not port 9090 on the host machine.
 
-### Auth section
+You should use the IP address of the Prometheus container, or the hostname if you are using Docker Compose. Alternatively, you can consider `http://host.docker.internal:9090`.
+
+{{< /admonition >}}
+
+### Authentication section
 
 There are several authentication methods you can choose in the Authentication section.
 
@@ -99,10 +103,16 @@ Use TLS (Transport Layer Security) for an additional layer of security when work
 
 - **Value** - The value of the header.
 
-## Additional settings
+## Advanced settings
 
 Following are additional configuration options.
 
+### Advanced HTTP settings
+
+- **Allowed cookies** - Specify cookies by name that should be forwarded to the data source. The Grafana proxy deletes all forwarded cookies by default.
+
+- **Timeout** - The HTTP request timeout. This must be in seconds. There is no default, so this setting is up to you.
+
 ### Alerting
 
 - **Manage alerts via Alerting UI** - Toggle to enable `Alertmanager` integration for this data source.
@@ -121,12 +131,14 @@ Following are additional configuration options.
 
 ### Performance
 
-- **Prometheus type** - The type of your Prometheus server. There are four options: `Prometheus`, `Cortex`, `Thanos`, `Mimir`.
+- **Prometheus type** - The type of your Prometheus server. There are four options: `Prometheus`, `Cortex`, `Mimir`, and `Thanos`.
 
-- **Version** Select the version you are using. Once the Prometheus type has been selected, a list of versions auto-populates using the Prometheus [buildinfo](https://semver.org/) API. The `Cortex` Prometheus type does not support this API so you will need to manually add the version.
+- **Cache level** - The browser caching level for editor queries. There are four options: `Low`, `Medium`, `High`, or `None`.
 
 - **Incremental querying (beta)** - Changes the default behavior of relative queries to always request fresh data from the Prometheus instance. Enable this option to decrease database and network load.
 
+- **Disable recording rules (beta)** - Toggle on to disable the recording rules. Enable this option to improve dashboard performance.
+
 ### Other
 
 - **Custom query parameters** - Add custom parameters to the Prometheus query URL. For example `timeout`, `partial_response`, `dedup`, or `max_source_resolution`. Multiple parameters should be concatenated together with an '&amp;'.