diff --git a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
index 9d324975b3..f18a058382 100644
--- a/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/inventory/proxmox.py
@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ groups:
   mailservers: "'mail' in (proxmox_tags_parsed|list)"
 compose:
   ansible_port: 2222
+
+# Using the inventory to allow ansible to connect via the first IP address of the VM / Container
+# (Default is connection by name of QEMU/LXC guests)
+# Note: my_inv_var demonstrates how to add a string variable to every host used by the inventory.
+# my.proxmox.yml
+plugin: community.general.proxmox
+url: http://pve.domain.com:8006
+user: ansible@pve
+password: secure
+validate_certs: false
+want_facts: true
+compose:
+  ansible_host: proxmox_ipconfig0.ip | default(proxmox_net0.ip) | ipaddr('address')
+  my_inv_var_1: "'my_var1_value'"
+  my_inv_var_2: >
+    "my_var_2_value"
 '''
 
 import re