diff --git a/doc/book/reference-manual/configuration.md b/doc/book/reference-manual/configuration.md
index dc75236b..2d9c3f0c 100644
--- a/doc/book/reference-manual/configuration.md
+++ b/doc/book/reference-manual/configuration.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bootstrap_peers = [
 
 
 [consul_discovery]
-consul_host = "consul.service"
+consul_http_addr = "http://127.0.0.1:8500"
 service_name = "garage-daemon"
 ca_cert = "/etc/consul/consul-ca.crt"
 client_cert = "/etc/consul/consul-client.crt"
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ Garage supports discovering other nodes of the cluster using Consul.  For this
 to work correctly, nodes need to know their IP address by which they can be
 reached by other nodes of the cluster, which should be set in `rpc_public_addr`.
 
-### `consul_host` and `service_name`
+### `consul_http_addr` and `service_name`
 
-The `consul_host` parameter should be set to the full HTTP(S) address of the Consul server.
+The `consul_http_addr` parameter should be set to the full HTTP(S) address of the Consul server.
 
 ### `service_name`
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/consul.rs b/src/rpc/consul.rs
index cf050207..b1772a1a 100644
--- a/src/rpc/consul.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/consul.rs
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ impl ConsulDiscovery {
 
 	pub async fn get_consul_nodes(&self) -> Result<Vec<(NodeID, SocketAddr)>, ConsulError> {
 		let url = format!(
-			"http://{}/v1/catalog/service/{}",
-			self.config.consul_host, self.config.service_name
+			"{}/v1/catalog/service/{}",
+			self.config.consul_http_addr, self.config.service_name
 		);
 
 		let http = self.client.get(&url).send().await?;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ impl ConsulDiscovery {
 			},
 		};
 
-		let url = format!("http://{}/v1/catalog/register", self.config.consul_host);
+		let url = format!("{}/v1/catalog/register", self.config.consul_http_addr);
 
 		let http = self.client.put(&url).json(&advertisement).send().await?;
 		http.error_for_status()?;
diff --git a/src/util/config.rs b/src/util/config.rs
index a85e025f..04f8375a 100644
--- a/src/util/config.rs
+++ b/src/util/config.rs
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ pub struct AdminConfig {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ConsulDiscoveryConfig {
-	/// Consul host to connect to to discover more peers
-	pub consul_host: String,
+	/// Consul http or https address to connect to to discover more peers
+	pub consul_http_addr: String,
 	/// Consul service name to use
 	pub service_name: String,
 	/// CA TLS certificate to use when connecting to Consul