diff --git a/environments/creds.example.env b/environments/creds.example.env
index dd39602aa..5386d7e38 100644
--- a/environments/creds.example.env
+++ b/environments/creds.example.env
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ NAUTOBOT_SECRET_KEY=012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789
 NAUTOBOT_SUPERUSER_NAME=admin
 NAUTOBOT_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=admin@example.com
 NAUTOBOT_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=admin
+# API token length must be exactly 40 characters
 NAUTOBOT_SUPERUSER_API_TOKEN=0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567
 
 NAUTOBOT_CACHEOPS_REDIS=redis://:${NAUTOBOT_REDIS_PASSWORD}@redis:6379/1