diff --git a/guides/ubuntu/pages/mongodb-install.md b/guides/ubuntu/pages/mongodb-install.md
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--- a/guides/ubuntu/pages/mongodb-install.md
+++ b/guides/ubuntu/pages/mongodb-install.md
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ security:
 
 ```bash
 mongo -u admin -p --authenticationDatabase admin
+# or if you didn't secure MongoDB, run the following command:
+mongo
 ```
 
 This will ask you for the password that you set earlier in the Securing MongoDB section.