diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 9475bdc3..ebefa4bf 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ DATABASE_PASSWORD=""
 
 # Outgoing email settings.  To use Gmail or Google Apps, put your Google Apps domain or gmail.com
 # as the SMTP_DOMAIN and your Gmail username and password as the SMTP_USER_NAME and SMTP_PASSWORD.
+# 
+# PLEASE NOTE: In order to enable emails locally (e.g., when not in the production Rails environment), 
+# you must also change config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries in config/environments/development.rb.
+
 SMTP_DOMAIN=your-domain-here.com
 SMTP_USER_NAME=you@gmail.com
 SMTP_PASSWORD=somepassword