diff --git a/src/textual_dev/renderables.py b/src/textual_dev/renderables.py
index 8502afc..4f865fa 100644
--- a/src/textual_dev/renderables.py
+++ b/src/textual_dev/renderables.py
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@
 
 
 class DevConsoleHeader:
-    def __init__(self, verbose: bool = False) -> None:
+    """Renderable representing the header at the top of the console
+
+    Args:
+        port: The port the devtools server is running on.
+        verbose: Whether verbose logging is enabled
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, port: int | None = None, verbose: bool = False) -> None:
+        self.port = port
         self.verbose = verbose
 
     def __rich_console__(
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@ def __rich_console__(
     ) -> RenderResult:
         preamble = Text.from_markup(
             f"[bold]Textual Development Console [magenta]v{version('textual')}\n"
-            "[magenta]Run a Textual app with [reverse]textual run --dev my_app.py[/] to connect.\n"
+            f"[magenta]Run a Textual app with [reverse]{self._run_command()}[/] to connect.\n"
             "[magenta]Press [reverse]Ctrl+C[/] to quit."
         )
         if self.verbose:
@@ -45,6 +53,17 @@ def __rich_console__(
             yield from line
             yield new_line
 
+    def _run_command(self) -> str:
+        """Get help text for the user to connect to the console
+
+        Returns:
+            The command a user can run to connect a Textual app to the dev server
+        """
+        if self.port:
+            return f"textual run --port {self.port} --dev my_app.py"
+        else:
+            return "textual run --dev my_app.py"
+
 
 class DevConsoleLog:
     """Renderable representing a single log message
diff --git a/src/textual_dev/server.py b/src/textual_dev/server.py
index 69a8d2d..44fa483 100644
--- a/src/textual_dev/server.py
+++ b/src/textual_dev/server.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async def _on_startup(app: Application) -> None:
 def _run_devtools(
     verbose: bool, exclude: list[str] | None = None, port: int | None = None
 ) -> None:
-    app = _make_devtools_aiohttp_app(verbose=verbose, exclude=exclude)
+    app = _make_devtools_aiohttp_app(port=port, verbose=verbose, exclude=exclude)
 
     def noop_print(_: str) -> None:
         pass
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def noop_print(_: str) -> None:
 
 def _make_devtools_aiohttp_app(
     size_change_poll_delay_secs: float = DEFAULT_SIZE_CHANGE_POLL_DELAY_SECONDS,
+    port: int | None = None,
     verbose: bool = False,
     exclude: list[str] | None = None,
 ) -> Application:
@@ -73,7 +74,10 @@ def _make_devtools_aiohttp_app(
 
     app["verbose"] = verbose
     app["service"] = DevtoolsService(
-        update_frequency=size_change_poll_delay_secs, verbose=verbose, exclude=exclude
+        update_frequency=size_change_poll_delay_secs,
+        port=port,
+        verbose=verbose,
+        exclude=exclude,
     )
 
     app.add_routes(
diff --git a/src/textual_dev/service.py b/src/textual_dev/service.py
index a6d6daa..b20f217 100644
--- a/src/textual_dev/service.py
+++ b/src/textual_dev/service.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class DevtoolsService:
     def __init__(
         self,
         update_frequency: float,
+        port: int | None = None,
         verbose: bool = False,
         exclude: list[str] | None = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -36,10 +37,12 @@ def __init__(
         Args:
             update_frequency: The number of seconds to wait between
                 sending updates of the console size to connected clients.
+            port: The port the devtools server is running on.
             verbose: Enable verbose logging on client.
             exclude: List of log groups to exclude from output.
         """
         self.update_frequency = update_frequency
+        self.port = port
         self.verbose = verbose
         self.exclude = {name.upper() for name in exclude} if exclude else set()
         self.console = Console()
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
     async def start(self) -> None:
         """Starts devtools tasks"""
         self.size_poll_task = asyncio.create_task(self._console_size_poller())
-        self.console.print(DevConsoleHeader(verbose=self.verbose))
+        self.console.print(DevConsoleHeader(port=self.port, verbose=self.verbose))
 
     @property
     def clients_connected(self) -> bool: