diff --git a/backend/config/.env.development.example b/backend/config/.env.development.example
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+# MongoDB URL: Connection string for your MongoDB database
+# example: mongodb://localhost:27017/mydrive
 MONGODB_URL=
+
+# Database Type: Choose between "fs" and "s3", this specifies where the files will be stored.
+# fs = Filesystem
+# s3 = Amazon S3
 DB_TYPE=
+
+# If using fs,
+# File Storage Directory: The directory where the files will be stored. Must be exact path.
+# PATH MUST END IN A SLASH
+# Example: /Users/kyle/mydrive/
+FS_DIRECTORY=
+
+# If using s3,
+# S3 Data: The S3 bucket and key where the files will be stored.
+S3_ID=
+S3_KEY=
+S3_BUCKET=
+
+# Encryiption Key (optional): The encryption key used to encrypt the files.
+# DO NOT LOSE OR FORGET THIS KEY AS ALL DATA WILL BE LOST IF YOU LOSE IT.
+# If you do not supply a key, the app will instead prompt you to type one into the terminal when you start the app.
+KEY=
+
+# Ports (optional): The ports to run the app on.
+# HTTP_PORT: Default port is 3000
+# HTTPS_PORT: Default port is 8080
 HTTP_PORT=
 HTTPS_PORT=
-PASSWORD_ACCESS=
-PASSWORD_REFRESH=
-PASSWORD_COOKIE=
-_SECURE_COOKIES=
-FS_DIRECTORY=
-KEY=
+
+# URL (optional): The URL to run the app on.
+# Most likely not needed, but useful if you are running docker or such
+# And need to bind to 0.0.0.0 instead.
+URL=
+
+# Email verifcation (optional): If you want to enable email verification configure as so.
+# EMAIL_VERIFICATION=true
+# Remote URL: This refers to the URL sent in the verification email: Example https://mydrive-storage.com
+# Please navigate to the following link to verify your email address: {REMOTE_URL}/verify
+# Should NOT end with a slash
 EMAIL_VERIFICATION=
 EMAIL_DOMAIN=
 EMAIL_ADDRESS=
 EMAIL_API_KEY=
 EMAIL_HOST=
 REMOTE_URL=
-S3_ID=
-S3_KEY=
-S3_BUCKET=
-URL=
-TEMP_DIRECTORY=
+
+# Access tokens, refresh, and cookie
+# These should be randomly generated in a secure manner.
+# If you lose these tokens, all users will be logged out.
+# You can also change these if you want to force all users to login again.
+# Each token should be a different string.
+# Example: sa4hQqJwGFLC1LJk59
+PASSWORD_ACCESS=
+PASSWORD_REFRESH=
+PASSWORD_COOKIE=
+
+# Video thumbnails (optional): If you want to enable video thumbnails, configure as so.
+# Video thumbnail generation relies on ffmpeg, please ensure you have it installed.
+# VIDEO_THUMBNAILS_ENABLED=true
 VIDEO_THUMBNAILS_ENABLED=
-TEMP_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL_LIMIT=
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+
+# Video thumbnails continued:
+# Sometimes generating a video thumbnail will fail with the default method.
+# If so you can choose to instead temporarily store the video in a directory, and generate a thumbnail from that.
+# WARNING: The file will be temporarily stored in this directory UNENCRYPTED.
+# Temp directory example: /Users/kyle/mydrive/temp/
+# Temp video thumbnail limit: The maximum size of a video thumbnail in bytes.
+# Example: 5000000000
+TEMP_DIRECTORY=
+TEMP_VIDEO_THUMBNAIL_LIMIT=
+
+# Marks cookie generation as secure (Optional)
+# This is recommended and should be enabled if you are running the app on HTTPS.
+# SECURE_COOKIES=true
+SECURE_COOKIES=
+
+# SSL (Optional): If you want to enable SSL, configure as so.
+# SSL=true
+# Place your SSL certificate files in the root directory of the project
+# With the names: certificate.crt, certificate.key, and certificate.ca-bundle;
+SSL=
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