diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44657be..95eb7a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Examples:
     goose sqlite3 ./foo.db up
 
     goose postgres "user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable" status
-    goose mysql "user:password@/dbname" status
+    goose mysql "user:password@/dbname?parseTime=true" status
     goose redshift "postgres://user:password@qwerty.us-east-1.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/db" status
 ```
 ## create
diff --git a/cmd/goose/main.go b/cmd/goose/main.go
index 91057cc..43fce0f 100644
--- a/cmd/goose/main.go
+++ b/cmd/goose/main.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Examples:
     goose sqlite3 ./foo.db up
 
     goose postgres "user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable" status
-    goose mysql "user:password@/dbname" status
+    goose mysql "user:password@/dbname?parseTime=true" status
     goose redshift "postgres://user:password@qwerty.us-east-1.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/db" status
 
 Options:
diff --git a/examples/go-migrations/main.go b/examples/go-migrations/main.go
index bbea349..64226ea 100644
--- a/examples/go-migrations/main.go
+++ b/examples/go-migrations/main.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Examples:
     goose sqlite3 ./foo.db up
 
     goose postgres "user=postgres dbname=postgres sslmode=disable" status
-    goose mysql "user:password@/dbname" status
+    goose mysql "user:password@/dbname?parseTime=true" status
     goose redshift "postgres://user:password@qwerty.us-east-1.redshift.amazonaws.com:5439/db" status
 
 Options: