diff --git a/docs/async/coroutines.md b/docs/async/coroutines.md
index c2035d9..e041e95 100644
--- a/docs/async/coroutines.md
+++ b/docs/async/coroutines.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Let's take a look at the most basic coroutine usage by using an
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
 $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
 $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ shown in a simple example:
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
 $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
 $app = new FrameworkX\App();
diff --git a/docs/async/fibers.md b/docs/async/fibers.md
index 9617994..a5bb530 100644
--- a/docs/async/fibers.md
+++ b/docs/async/fibers.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use function React\Async\await;
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
 $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
 $app = new FrameworkX\App();
diff --git a/docs/async/promises.md b/docs/async/promises.md
index 0fb1fe3..df2de2f 100644
--- a/docs/async/promises.md
+++ b/docs/async/promises.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Let's take a look at the most basic promise usage by using an
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
 $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
 $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ order to "await" its fulfillment value. This is best shown in a simple example:
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+$credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
 $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
 $app = new FrameworkX\App();
diff --git a/docs/best-practices/controllers.md b/docs/best-practices/controllers.md
index f9be595..3744783 100644
--- a/docs/best-practices/controllers.md
+++ b/docs/best-practices/controllers.md
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ all uppercase in any factory function like this:
     $container = new FrameworkX\Container([
         React\MySQL\ConnectionInterface::class => function (string $DB_HOST = 'localhost', string $DB_USER = 'root', string $DB_PASS = '', string $DB_NAME = 'acme') {
             // connect to database defined in optional $DB_* environment variables
-            $uri = 'mysql://' . $DB_USER . ':' . rawurlencode($DB_PASS) . '@' . $DB_HOST . '/' . $DB_NAME . '?idle=0.001';
+            $uri = 'mysql://' . $DB_USER . ':' . rawurlencode($DB_PASS) . '@' . $DB_HOST . '/' . $DB_NAME;
             return (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($uri);
         }
     ]);
diff --git a/docs/integrations/database.md b/docs/integrations/database.md
index 68452f8..090b59d 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/database.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/database.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Let's take a look at the most basic async database integration possible with X:
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
     $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Let's take a look at the most basic async database integration possible with X:
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
     $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Let's take a look at the most basic async database integration possible with X:
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
     $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ from a [route placeholder](../api/app.md#routing) like this:
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
     $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ from a [route placeholder](../api/app.md#routing) like this:
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
     $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ from a [route placeholder](../api/app.md#routing) like this:
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
 
     $app = new FrameworkX\App();
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ controller and uses dependency injection (DI) or a
 
     require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+    $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
     $db = (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
     $repository = new Acme\Todo\BookRepository($db);
 
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ controller and uses dependency injection (DI) or a
 
     $container = new FrameworkX\Container([
         React\MySQL\ConnectionInterface::class => function () {
-            $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore?idle=0.001';
+            $credentials = 'alice:secret@localhost/bookstore';
             return (new React\MySQL\Factory())->createLazyConnection($credentials);
         }
     ]);