diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
index 6764c81977..8f352f7e5f 100644
--- a/.env.development
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # ENV vars for the development environment
 # Override locally with `.env.development.local`
+#
+# You may also want to use this when testing other environments locally:
+#
+#     cp .env.development .env.local
 
 SECRET_TOKEN="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"