diff --git a/integrations/mysql/documentation.yaml b/integrations/mysql/documentation.yaml
index cc17e4654e..2fd432c8a5 100644
--- a/integrations/mysql/documentation.yaml
+++ b/integrations/mysql/documentation.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ minimum_exporter_version: v0.14.0
 multiple_dashboards: false
 dashboard_display_name: {{app_name_short}} Prometheus Overview
 config_mods: |
+  + apiVersion: v1
+  + kind: ConfigMap
+  + metadata:
+  +  name: mysql-exporter-config
+  + data:
+  +   my.cnf: |
+  +     [client]
+  +     user=root
+  +     password=password
+  ---
   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: StatefulSet
   metadata:
@@ -27,15 +37,18 @@ config_mods: |
       spec:
         containers:
   +     - name: exporter
-  +       image: prom/mysqld-exporter:v0.14.0
-  +       env:
-  +         - name: DATA_SOURCE_NAME
-  +           value: root:password@(localhost:3306)/
+  +       image: prom/mysqld-exporter:v0.15.0
+  +       args:
+  +         - --config.my-cnf=/home/my.cnf
   +       ports:
   +       - containerPort: 9104
   +         name: prometheus
-        - image: mysql:5.7
-          name: mysql
+  +       volumeMounts:
+  +       - mountPath: /home/my.cnf
+  +         subPath: my.cnf
+  +         name: mysql-exporter-config
+        - name: mysql
+          image: mysql:5.7
           env:
           - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
             value: password
@@ -47,7 +60,13 @@ config_mods: |
             value: sbtest
           ports:
           - containerPort: 3306
-            name: mysql
+  +     volumes:
+  +     - name: mysql-exporter-config
+  +       configMap:
+  +         name: mysql-exporter-config
+  +         items:
+  +         - key: my.cnf
+  +           path: my.cnf
 podmonitoring_config: |
   apiVersion: monitoring.googleapis.com/v1
   kind: PodMonitoring
@@ -68,7 +87,7 @@ podmonitoring_config: |
 additional_prereq_info: |
   For information about creating a least-privileged user, see [Required Grants](https://github.com/prometheus/mysqld_exporter#required-grants){:class=external}.
 additional_install_info:
-  Update the `DATA_SOURCE_NAME` environment variable with credentials that work with your {{app_name}} instance.
+  Update the `--config.my-cnf` argument with a path to a configuration file with credentials that work with your {{app_name}} instance 
 sample_promql_query: up{job="mysql", cluster="{{cluster_name}}", namespace="{{namespace_name}}"}
 alerts_config: |
   apiVersion: monitoring.googleapis.com/v1