diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/Chart.yaml b/bitnami/mysql/Chart.yaml
index 783b80b87..87a741837 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/Chart.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/Chart.yaml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ name: mysql
 sources:
   - https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql
   - https://mysql.com
-version: 8.6.0
+version: 8.6.1
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/README.md b/bitnami/mysql/README.md
index 00d108951..77c27670d 100644
--- a/bitnami/mysql/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/mysql/README.md
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ To modify the MySQL version used in this chart you can specify a [valid image ta
 
 ### Customize a new MySQL instance
 
-The [Bitnami MySQL](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql) image allows you to use your custom scripts to initialize a fresh instance. In order to execute the scripts, they must be located inside the chart folder `files/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d` so they can be consumed as a ConfigMap.
+The [Bitnami MySQL](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql) image allows you to use your custom scripts to initialize a fresh instance. Custom scripts may be specified using the `initdbScripts` parameter. Alternatively, an external ConfigMap may be created with all the initialization scripts and the ConfigMap passed to the chart via the `initdbScriptsConfigMap` parameter. Note that this will override the `initdbScripts` parameter.
 
 The allowed extensions are `.sh`, `.sql` and `.sql.gz`.
 
diff --git a/bitnami/mysql/files/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/README.md b/bitnami/mysql/files/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/README.md
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index c7257d74d..000000000
--- a/bitnami/mysql/files/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/README.md
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-You can copy here your custom .sh, .sql or .sql.gz file so they are executed during the first boot of the image.
-
-More info in the [bitnami-docker-mysql](https://github.com/bitnami/bitnami-docker-mysql#initializing-a-new-instance) repository.
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