diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 142fe882023..0e3ccac27fc 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ DOMAIN_CLIENT=http://localhost:3080
 DOMAIN_SERVER=http://localhost:3080
 
 NO_INDEX=true
+# Use the address that is at most n number of hops away from the Express application. 
+# req.socket.remoteAddress is the first hop, and the rest are looked for in the X-Forwarded-For header from right to left. 
+# A value of 0 means that the first untrusted address would be req.socket.remoteAddress, i.e. there is no reverse proxy.
+# Defaulted to 1.
+TRUST_PROXY=1
 
 #===============#
 # JSON Logging  #