diff --git a/data/README.md b/data/README.md
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@@ -4,4 +4,12 @@ To restore any of these databases to MongoDB, you'll need to uncompress them and
 
 ```
 mongorestore --drop --db DATABASE /path/to/unziped/dir
-```
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+```
+
+If you are using an authenticated connection on another server, this more verbose version is required:
+
+```
+mongorestore -u admin -p <mypassword> --authenticationDatabase 'admin' --ssl --host <my_hostname> --sslCAFile mongod.crt --sslPEMKeyFile mongod.pem --drop --db DATABASE /path/to/unziped/dir
+```
+
+Note this references this two MongoDB certifications for connecting. You can altermantively use the `--sslAllowInvalidCertificates` flag to ignore them.