Merge pull request #3083 from tristanbes/patch-1

Document the correct way of configuring a MariaDB database with serverVersion

docs/en/reference/configuration.rst

@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ You can also pass this option if you want to disable automatic database platform
 detection for a driver that natively supports it and choose the platform version
 implementation explicitly.
 
+If you are running a MariaDB database, you should prefix the ``serverVersion`` 
+with ``mariadb-`` (ex: ``mariadb-10.2.12``).
+
 Custom Platform
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~