diff --git a/debian/gitlab.templates b/debian/gitlab.templates
index 4f95ebfbf9..425219ffa6 100644
--- a/debian/gitlab.templates
+++ b/debian/gitlab.templates
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ _Description: Fully qualified domain name for this instance of Gitlab:
  instance of Gitlab.
  .
  This should be the fully qualified name as seen from the Internet, with
- the domain name that will be used to access the pod.
+ the domain name that will be used to access the Gitlab instance, without any
+ protocol specifiers like https://.
  .
  If a reverse proxy is used, give the hostname that the proxy server
  responds to.
+ .
+ Example: git.example.com
 
 Template: gitlab/ssl
 Type: boolean