diff --git a/packages/backend/README.md b/packages/backend/README.md
index 90c70912f0..860520f4b5 100644
--- a/packages/backend/README.md
+++ b/packages/backend/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ yarn start
 
 Substitute `x` for actual values, or leave them as
 dummy values just to try out the backend without using the auth or sentry features.
+You can also, instead of using dummy values for a huge number of environment variables, remove those config directly from app-config.yaml file located in the root folder.
 
 The backend starts up on port 7000 per default.