diff --git a/docs/lineage/airflow.md b/docs/lineage/airflow.md
index 2e584b8ce0d24c..d501ea407c0728 100644
--- a/docs/lineage/airflow.md
+++ b/docs/lineage/airflow.md
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ Set up a DataHub connection in Airflow, either via command line or the Airflow U
 airflow connections add  --conn-type 'datahub-rest' 'datahub_rest_default' --conn-host 'http://datahub-gms:8080' --conn-password '<optional datahub auth token>'
 ```
 
+If you are using hosted Acryl Datahub then please use `https://YOUR_PREFIX.acryl.io/gms` as the `--conn-host` parameter.
+
 #### Airflow UI
 
 On the Airflow UI, go to Admin -> Connections and click the "+" symbol to create a new connection. Select "DataHub REST Server" from the dropdown for "Connection Type" and enter the appropriate values.
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/tests/unit/test_airflow.py b/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/tests/unit/test_airflow.py
index 75b6f85b27bc12..c88f4d77b7aebd 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/tests/unit/test_airflow.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion-modules/airflow-plugin/tests/unit/test_airflow.py
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
 datahub_rest_connection_config = Connection(
     conn_id="datahub_rest_test",
     conn_type="datahub_rest",
-    host="http://test_host:8080/",
+    host="http://test_host:8080",
     extra=None,
 )
 datahub_rest_connection_config_with_timeout = Connection(
     conn_id="datahub_rest_test",
     conn_type="datahub_rest",
-    host="http://test_host:8080/",
+    host="http://test_host:8080",
     extra=json.dumps({"timeout_sec": 5}),
 )
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
index d4e974d5855178..8baa8481ea4f73 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter, Retry
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError, RequestException
 
-from datahub.cli.cli_utils import get_system_auth
+from datahub.cli.cli_utils import fixup_gms_url, get_system_auth
 from datahub.configuration.common import ConfigurationError, OperationalError
 from datahub.emitter.generic_emitter import Emitter
 from datahub.emitter.mcp import MetadataChangeProposalWrapper
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         if not gms_server:
             raise ConfigurationError("gms server is required")
-        self._gms_server = gms_server
+        self._gms_server = fixup_gms_url(gms_server)
         self._token = token
         self.server_config: Dict[str, Any] = {}