diff --git a/doc/sql/easy_retry_mysql.sql b/doc/sql/easy_retry_mysql.sql
index 25f35c80..7dab07f1 100644
--- a/doc/sql/easy_retry_mysql.sql
+++ b/doc/sql/easy_retry_mysql.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-DROP
-    DATABASE IF EXISTS easy_retry;
-CREATE
-    DATABASE easy_retry;
-USE
-    easy_retry;
+SET NAMES utf8mb4;
+
+DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS easy_retry;
+CREATE DATABASE easy_retry;
+USE easy_retry;
 
 CREATE TABLE `namespace`
 (