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@@ -204,6 +204,22 @@ For ``tls`` connections:
 
         mongosh "mongodb://mongodb0.example.com:28015" --tls
 
+Connect to a Specific Database
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To connect to a specific database, specify a database in your
+`connection string URI path
+<https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/connection-string/>`__. If
+you do not specify a database in your URI path, you connect to a database named ``test``.
+
+   .. example::
+
+     The following connection string URI connects to database ``db1``.
+
+     .. code-block:: sh
+
+         mongosh "mongodb://localhost:27017/db1" 
+
 Connect to a Different Deployment
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