@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Where the URL is in the format of::
all fields after the scheme are optional, and will default to localhost on port 6379,
using database 0.
+If a unix socket connection should be used, the URL needs to be in the format::
+
+ redis+socket:///path/to/redis.sock
.. _redis-visibility_timeout:
Visibility Timeout