diff --git a/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst b/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst
index 189d3b92ab..a65a76fc27 100644
--- a/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst
+++ b/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/ansible-modules.rst
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ To check on the status of your Galera cluster:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql -h localhost\
+   $ ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql -h 127.0.0.1\
    -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
 
 When a module is being used as an ad-hoc command, there are a few parameters
diff --git a/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/galera.rst b/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/galera.rst
index ecd33a59bd..d4bb75cbb1 100644
--- a/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/galera.rst
+++ b/doc/source/draft-operations-guide/maintenance-tasks/galera.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ It should give you information about the status of your cluster.
 
 .. code-block:: shell-session
 
-    # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql -h localhost \
+    # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql -h 127.0.0.1 \
     -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
     node3_galera_container-3ea2cbd3 | FAILED | rc=1 >>
     ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ continue to process SQL requests.
 
    .. code-block:: shell-session
 
-       # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql -h localhost \
+       # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql -h 127.0.0.1 \
        -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
        node3_galera_container-3ea2cbd3 | FAILED | rc=1 >>
        ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ recover cannot join the cluster because it no longer exists.
    .. code-block:: shell-session
 
        # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql \
-       -h localhost -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
+       -h 127.0.0.1 -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
        node2_galera_container-49a47d25 | FAILED | rc=1 >>
        ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server
        through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (111)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ recover cannot join the cluster because it no longer exists.
    .. code-block:: shell-session
 
        # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql \
-       -h localhost -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
+       -h 127.0.0.1 -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
        node3_galera_container-3ea2cbd3 | success | rc=0 >>
        Variable_name             Value
        wsrep_cluster_conf_id     17
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Recovering from certain failures require rebuilding one or more containers.
    .. code-block:: shell-session
 
        # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql \
-       -h localhost -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
+       -h 127.0.0.1 -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
        node3_galera_container-3ea2cbd3 | success | rc=0 >>
        Variable_name             Value
        wsrep_cluster_conf_id     1
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ Recovering from certain failures require rebuilding one or more containers.
    .. code-block:: shell-session
 
        # ansible galera_container -m shell -a "mysql \
-       -h localhost -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
+       -h 127.0.0.1 -e 'show status like \"%wsrep_cluster_%\";'"
        node2_galera_container-49a47d25 | success | rc=0 >>
        Variable_name             Value
        wsrep_cluster_conf_id     5