diff --git a/.example-env b/.example-env
index 803d0e24..54039a93 100644
--- a/.example-env
+++ b/.example-env
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export DEVISE_SECRET_KEY='f71c467e526f23d614b3b08866cad4788c502bed869c282f06e73e
 # # you can safely leave these blank, unless you're deploying an instance, in
 # # which case you'll need to set them up
 #
+# export S3_BUCKET_NAME
 # export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
 # export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
 # export SSO_KEY