diff --git a/docs/content/help/faq.en-us.md b/docs/content/help/faq.en-us.md
index e6350936ef816..39e461c7278ce 100644
--- a/docs/content/help/faq.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/help/faq.en-us.md
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ Unfortunately MySQL's `utf8` charset does not completely allow all possible UTF-
 They created a new charset and collation called `utf8mb4` that allows for emoji to be stored but tables which use
 the `utf8` charset, and connections which use the `utf8` charset will not use this.
 
-Please run `gitea doctor convert`, or run `ALTER DATABASE database_name CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;`
-for the database_name and run `ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;`
+Please run `gitea doctor convert`, or run `ALTER DATABASE database_name CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;`
+for the database_name and run `ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;`
 for each table in the database.
 
 ## Why are Emoji displaying only as placeholders or in monochrome
diff --git a/docs/content/help/faq.zh-cn.md b/docs/content/help/faq.zh-cn.md
index 909ca7e5e2138..f24789e9c040d 100644
--- a/docs/content/help/faq.zh-cn.md
+++ b/docs/content/help/faq.zh-cn.md
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ SET GLOBAL innodb_large_prefix=1;
 他们创建了一个名为 `utf8mb4`的字符集和校对规则，允许存储 Emoji，但使用
 utf8 字符集的表和连接将不会使用它。
 
-请运行 `gitea doctor convert` 或对数据库运行 `ALTER DATABASE database_name CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;`
-并对每个表运行 `ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;`。
+请运行 `gitea doctor convert` 或对数据库运行 `ALTER DATABASE database_name CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;`
+并对每个表运行 `ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;`。
 
 您还需要将`app.ini`文件中的数据库字符集设置为`CHARSET=utf8mb4`。
 
diff --git a/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.en-us.md b/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.en-us.md
index 25b163793eeac..c4f848fcd3aa8 100644
--- a/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.en-us.md
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ Note: All steps below requires that the database engine of your choice is instal
 
     Replace username and password above as appropriate.
 
-4. Create database with UTF-8 charset and collation. Make sure to use `utf8mb4` charset instead of `utf8` as the former supports all Unicode characters (including emojis) beyond _Basic Multilingual Plane_. Also, collation chosen depending on your expected content. When in doubt, use either `unicode_ci` or `general_ci`.
+4. Create database with UTF-8 charset and collation. Make sure to use `utf8mb4` charset instead of `utf8` as the former supports all Unicode characters (including emojis) beyond _Basic Multilingual Plane_. Also, collation chosen depending on your expected content. When in doubt, use `utf8mb4_bin`.
 
     ```sql
-    CREATE DATABASE giteadb CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
+    CREATE DATABASE giteadb CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_bin';
     ```
 
     Replace database name as appropriate.
diff --git a/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.zh-cn.md b/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.zh-cn.md
index b58344133ee70..0c322a39a7088 100644
--- a/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.zh-cn.md
+++ b/docs/content/installation/database-preparation.zh-cn.md
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ menu:
 
     根据需要替换上述用户名和密码。
 
-4. 使用 UTF-8 字符集和排序规则创建数据库。确保使用 `**utf8mb4**` 字符集，而不是 `utf8`，因为前者支持 _Basic Multilingual Plane_ 之外的所有 Unicode 字符（包括表情符号）。排序规则根据您预期的内容选择。如果不确定，可以使用 `unicode_ci` 或 `general_ci`。
+4. 使用 UTF-8 字符集和排序规则创建数据库。确保使用 `**utf8mb4**` 字符集，而不是 `utf8`，因为前者支持 _Basic Multilingual Plane_ 之外的所有 Unicode 字符（包括表情符号）。排序规则根据您预期的内容选择。如果不确定，可以使用 `utf8mb4_bin`。
 
     ```sql
-    CREATE DATABASE giteadb CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
+    CREATE DATABASE giteadb CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_bin';
     ```
 
     根据需要替换数据库名称。