diff --git a/postgres/assets/configuration/spec.yaml b/postgres/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
index f43d0ce14364d..01684dc640bbb 100644
--- a/postgres/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
+++ b/postgres/assets/configuration/spec.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ files:
     options:
     - name: host
       description: |
-        The hostname to connect to. To connect to a Unix socket, specify the full path to the socket file,
-        e.g. `/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432`.
+        The hostname to connect to. To connect to a Unix socket, specify the full path to the socket directory,
+        e.g. `/var/run/postgresql`.
       value:
         type: string
         display_default: "localhost"
diff --git a/postgres/changelog.d/22200.fixed b/postgres/changelog.d/22200.fixed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e5af12bd65ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres/changelog.d/22200.fixed
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Correct postgres Unix socket path example in conf.yaml.example
diff --git a/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/data/conf.yaml.example b/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/data/conf.yaml.example
index b45c50e7ec911..3eeff63bcf0f3 100644
--- a/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/data/conf.yaml.example
+++ b/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/data/conf.yaml.example
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ instances:
 
   -
     ## @param host - string - optional - default: localhost
-    ## The hostname to connect to. To connect to a Unix socket, specify the full path to the socket file,
-    ## e.g. `/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432`.
+    ## The hostname to connect to. To connect to a Unix socket, specify the full path to the socket directory,
+    ## e.g. `/var/run/postgresql`.
     #
     # host: <HOST>