diff --git a/src/ejabberd_options_doc.erl b/src/ejabberd_options_doc.erl
index a4ba40095..4e4bfe242 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_options_doc.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_options_doc.erl
@@ -1137,11 +1137,13 @@ doc() ->
                "The default value is the value defined in _`queue_type`_ "
                "or 'ram' if the latter is not set.")}},
      {redis_server,
-      #{value => ?T("Hostname"),
+      #{value => "Host | IP Address | Unix Socket Path",
+        note => "improved in 24.xx",
         desc =>
-            ?T("A hostname or an IP address of the "
-               "_`database.md#redis|Redis`_ server."
-               "The default is 'localhost'.")}},
+            ?T("A hostname, IP address or unix domain socket file of the "
+               "_`database.md#redis|Redis`_ server. "
+               "Setup the path to unix domain socket like: '\"unix:/path/to/socket\"'. "
+               "The default value is 'localhost'.")}},
      {registration_timeout,
       #{value => "timeout()",
         desc =>
@@ -1434,7 +1436,7 @@ doc() ->
             ?T("The hostname or IP address of the SQL server. For _`sql_type`_ "
                "'mssql' or 'odbc' this can also be an ODBC connection string. "
                "When _`sql_type`_ is 'mysql' or 'pgsql', this can be the path to "
-               "a unix domain socket expressed like: \"unix:/path/to/socket\"."
+               "a unix domain socket expressed like: '\"unix:/path/to/socket\"'."
                "The default value is 'localhost'.")}},
      {sql_ssl,
       #{value => "true | false",
diff --git a/src/ejabberd_redis.erl b/src/ejabberd_redis.erl
index 0c4a5c9aa..05fa5e497 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_redis.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_redis.erl
@@ -457,11 +457,12 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
 %%%===================================================================
 -spec connect(state()) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, any()}.
 connect(#state{num = Num}) ->
-    Server = ejabberd_option:redis_server(),
+    Server1 = ejabberd_option:redis_server(),
     Port = ejabberd_option:redis_port(),
     DB = ejabberd_option:redis_db(),
     Pass = ejabberd_option:redis_password(),
     ConnTimeout = ejabberd_option:redis_connect_timeout(),
+    Server = parse_server(Server1),
     try case do_connect(Num, Server, Port, Pass, DB, ConnTimeout) of
 	    {ok, Client} ->
 		?DEBUG("Connection #~p established to Redis at ~ts:~p",
@@ -481,6 +482,11 @@ connect(#state{num = Num}) ->
 	    {error, Reason}
     end.
 
+parse_server([$u,$n,$i,$x,$: | Path]) ->
+    {local, Path};
+parse_server(Server) ->
+    Server.
+
 do_connect(1, Server, Port, Pass, _DB, _ConnTimeout) ->
     %% First connection in the pool is always a subscriber
     Options = [{host, Server},