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Author: alexbevi

README.md

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 # Django MongoDB Backend
 
-Django MongoDB Backend is a [Django]((https://docs.djangoproject.com/)
-database backend that uses [PyMongo](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/)
-to connect to MongoDB.
+Django MongoDB Backend is a Django database backend that uses [PyMongo](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/) to connect to MongoDB.
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -42,12 +40,8 @@ django-admin --version
 
 ### Connect to the database
 
-If you don't already have a MongoDB cluster, see the
-[getting started with Atlas](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/getting-started/)
-documentation to quickly and easily [deploy a free cluster](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/deploy-free-tier-cluster/).
-
 Navigate to your `example/settings.py` file and replace the `DATABASES`
-setting like so:
+setting using your cluster's [connection string](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/) like so:
 
 ```python
 DATABASES = {
@@ -59,6 +53,11 @@ DATABASES = {
 }
 ```
 
+> [!TIP]
+> You can quickly and easily [deploy a free cluster](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/deploy-free-tier-cluster/) with MongoDB Atlas.
+
+If you're hosting your cluster in MongoDB Atlas, see [this tutorial](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/connect-to-your-cluster/#connect-to-your-atlas-cluster) for additional information on retriving your connection string.
+
 ### Run the server
 
 To verify that you correctly configured your project, run the following command