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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 5613a05..9dac54b 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
     and the production user service. web/ holds the public website and WKD.
     docs/ contains plaintext operations and policy documentation.
 
-    Only .env holds configured secrets. .env.example documents the keys.
+    The single root .env holds deployment settings and configured secrets.
+    The commented .env.example documents hostnames, ports, upstreams, chat,
+    backup recipients, and secret-setting names. See docs/CONFIGURATION.txt.
     var/ contains private persistent data, container storage, temporary work,
     and exports. Generated TLS private keys are runtime data under var/.
     .env, var/, .tools/, target/, bin/, and dist/ are excluded from Git.