diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/installation-main.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/installation-main.rst
index 59adb185d25..adc191d066b 100755
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/installation-main.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/installation-main.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ This allows the installer to be run in non-interactive mode (with ``./install -y
 
 All the Payara configuration tasks performed by the installer are isolated in the shell script ``dvinstall/as-setup.sh`` (as ``asadmin`` commands). 
 
+While Postgres can accomodate usernames and database names containing hyphens, it is strongly recommended to use only alphanumeric characters.
+
 **IMPORTANT:** As a security measure, the ``as-setup.sh`` script stores passwords as "aliases" rather than plaintext. If you change your database password, for example, you will need to update the alias with ``asadmin update-password-alias db_password_alias``, for example. Here is a list of the password aliases that are set by the installation process and entered into Payara's ``domain.xml`` file:
 
 - ``db_password_alias``
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SettingsWrapper.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SettingsWrapper.java
index 556c2294bda..f27c7c712dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SettingsWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SettingsWrapper.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public String getGuidesBaseUrl() {
         if (true)
 
             if (guidesBaseUrl == null) {
-            String saneDefault = "http://guides.dataverse.org";
+            String saneDefault = "https://guides.dataverse.org";
         
             guidesBaseUrl = getValueForKey(SettingsServiceBean.Key.GuidesBaseUrl);
             if (guidesBaseUrl == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
index 4699ec6c326..a1ed4877f39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/SystemConfig.java
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public String getDataverseServer() {
     }
 
     public String getGuidesBaseUrl() {
-        String saneDefault = "http://guides.dataverse.org";
+        String saneDefault = "https://guides.dataverse.org";
         String guidesBaseUrl = settingsService.getValueForKey(SettingsServiceBean.Key.GuidesBaseUrl, saneDefault);
         return guidesBaseUrl + "/" + getGuidesLanguage();
     }