diff --git a/weed/command/mount.go b/weed/command/mount.go
index 42a79bd1f..f9700679d 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 	mountOptions.allowOthers = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("allowOthers", true, "allows other users to access the file system")
 	mountOptions.umaskString = cmdMount.Flag.String("umask", "022", "octal umask, e.g., 022, 0111")
 	mountOptions.nonempty = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("nonempty", false, "allows the mounting over a non-empty directory")
-	mountOptions.outsideContainerClusterMode = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("outsideContainerClusterMode", false, "allows other users to access the file system")
+	mountOptions.outsideContainerClusterMode = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("outsideContainerClusterMode", false, "allows other users to access volume servers with publicUrl")
 	mountOptions.uidMap = cmdMount.Flag.String("map.uid", "", "map local uid to uid on filer, comma-separated <local_uid>:<filer_uid>")
 	mountOptions.gidMap = cmdMount.Flag.String("map.gid", "", "map local gid to gid on filer, comma-separated <local_gid>:<filer_gid>")
 
@@ -72,11 +72,5 @@ var cmdMount = &Command{
 
   On OS X, it requires OSXFUSE (http://osxfuse.github.com/).
 
-  If the SeaweedFS system runs in a container cluster, e.g. managed by kubernetes or docker compose,
-  the volume servers are not accessible by their own ip addresses. 
-  In "outsideContainerClusterMode", the mount will use the filer ip address instead, assuming:
-    * All volume server containers are accessible through the same hostname or IP address as the filer.
-    * All volume server container ports are open external to the cluster.
-
   `,
 }
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs_filer_client.go b/weed/filesys/wfs_filer_client.go
index 8c30de3c5..096ee555f 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs_filer_client.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs_filer_client.go
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package filesys
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
@@ -27,14 +24,8 @@ func (wfs *WFS) WithFilerClient(fn func(filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error) erro
 }
 
 func (wfs *WFS) AdjustedUrl(location *filer_pb.Location) string {
-	if !wfs.option.OutsideContainerClusterMode {
-		return location.Url
-	}
-	commaIndex := strings.Index(location.Url, ":")
-	if commaIndex < 0 {
-		return location.Url
+	if wfs.option.OutsideContainerClusterMode {
+		return location.PublicUrl
 	}
-	filerCommaIndex := strings.Index(wfs.option.FilerGrpcAddress, ":")
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", wfs.option.FilerGrpcAddress[:filerCommaIndex], location.Url[commaIndex+1:])
-
+	return location.Url
 }