diff --git a/docs/docs/advanced/self-hosting.md b/docs/docs/advanced/self-hosting.md
index 8401a5700e..a5c301fbdf 100644
--- a/docs/docs/advanced/self-hosting.md
+++ b/docs/docs/advanced/self-hosting.md
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ For Java DB the process is the same, except for the following:
 
 1. Image location is `ghcr.io/aquasecurity/trivy-java-db:1`
 2. Archive file name is `javadb.tar.gz`
-3. DB file name is `trivy-java.db`
+3. Java DB files names are `trivy-java.db` and `metadata.json`
+4. The cache subdirectory is `java-db`.
 
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