diff --git a/docker/config/.env.localrunner b/docker/config/.env.localrunner
index 04859fb0..d00f8dd0 100644
--- a/docker/config/.env.localrunner
+++ b/docker/config/.env.localrunner
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=XXXXXXXXXX
 # AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YYYYYYYYYYYY
 # AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=ZZZZZZZZZZ 
+# AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=aws-region (e.g. us-east-1)
 
 # to change default password you'll need to delete the db-data folder (when running locally)
 DEFAULT_PASSWORD="test"