diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/dev-usage.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/dev-usage.rst
index 26c789af2c3..4eba70eb23b 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/dev-usage.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/container/dev-usage.rst
@@ -45,5 +45,7 @@ In the future, we are planning on running this script within a container as part
 
 Check that you can log in to http://localhost:8080 using user ``dataverseAdmin`` and password ``admin1``.
 
+You can also access the Payara Admin Console if needed, which is available at http://localhost:4848. To log in, use user ``admin`` and password ``admin``. As a reminder, the application container is for development use only, so we are exposing the admin console for testing purposes. In a production environment, it may be more convenient to leave this console unopened.
+
 Note that data is persisted in ``./docker-dev-volumes`` in the root of the Git repo. For a clean start, you should
 remove this directory before running the ``mvn`` commands above.
diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index 4706b8bcb09..2b079cf6029 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ services:
       - DATAVERSE_DB_PASSWORD=secret
       - DATAVERSE_DB_USER=${DATAVERSE_DB_USER}
     ports:
-      - "8080:8080" # HTTP
+      - "8080:8080" # HTTP (Dataverse Application)
+      - "4848:4848" # HTTP (Payara Admin Console)
       - "9009:9009" # JDWP
       - "8686:8686" # JMX
     networks: