diff --git a/cookbooks/exim/README.rdoc b/cookbooks/exim/README.rdoc
index a000b932c..8a431b76a 100644
--- a/cookbooks/exim/README.rdoc
+++ b/cookbooks/exim/README.rdoc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Step 1) Modify main/recipes/default.rb to uncomment the exim_auth block like bel
 
 exim_auth "auth" do
   my_hostname "domain.com"
-  smtp_host "smtp.sendgrid.com"
+  smtp_host "smtp.sendgrid.net"
   username "username"
   password "password"
 end
diff --git a/cookbooks/main/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/main/recipes/default.rb
index 5de015d3e..3516b1348 100644
--- a/cookbooks/main/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/main/recipes/default.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #uncomment to run the exim recipe
 #exim_auth "auth" do
 #  my_hostname "my_hostname.com"
-#  smtp_host "smtp.sendgrid.com"
+#  smtp_host "smtp.sendgrid.net"
 #  username "username"
 #  password "password"
 #end