diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mealie/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/mealie/config_flow.py
index 2addd23284ee..9749313f8f18 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mealie/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mealie/config_flow.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ REAUTH_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
     }
 )
 
+EXAMPLE_URL = "http://192.168.1.123:1234"
+
 
 class MealieConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
     """Mealie config flow."""
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ class MealieConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
             step_id="user",
             data_schema=USER_SCHEMA,
             errors=errors,
+            description_placeholders={"example_url": EXAMPLE_URL},
         )
 
     async def async_step_reauth(
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ class MealieConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
             step_id="reauth_confirm",
             data_schema=REAUTH_SCHEMA,
             errors=errors,
+            description_placeholders={"example_url": EXAMPLE_URL},
         )
 
     async def async_step_reconfigure(
@@ -142,4 +146,5 @@ class MealieConfigFlow(ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
             step_id="reconfigure",
             data_schema=USER_SCHEMA,
             errors=errors,
+            description_placeholders={"example_url": EXAMPLE_URL},
         )
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mealie/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/mealie/strings.json
index 5533631f7556..c4d446125799 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mealie/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mealie/strings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "common": {
-    "data_description_host": "The URL of your Mealie instance, for example, http://192.168.1.123:1234",
+    "data_description_host": "The URL of your Mealie instance, for example, {example_url}.",
     "data_description_api_token": "The API token of your Mealie instance from your user profile within Mealie.",
     "data_description_verify_ssl": "Should SSL certificates be verified? This should be off for self-signed certificates."
   },