diff --git a/.env_example b/.env.example
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rename from .env_example
rename to .env.example
diff --git a/.env.production.example b/.env.production.example
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index 0000000..6f421e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.production.example
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Environment variables for server-notifications-django
+
+# Django settings to use in this environment
+export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=twilio_sample_project.settings.production
+export DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=YOUR_SECRET_KEY
+
+# Twilio API credentials
+export TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+export TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
+
+# Twilio sending number
+export TWILIO_NUMBER=+1555555505
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ To run the app locally, first clone this repository and `cd` into its directory.
     pip install -r requirements.txt
     ```
 
-1. Copy the `.env_example` file to `.env`, and edit it to include your Twilio API credentials (found at https://www.twilio.com/user/account/voice)
+1. Copy the `.env.example` file to `.env`, and edit it to include your Twilio API credentials (found at https://www.twilio.com/user/account/voice)
 1. For the TWILIO_NUMBER variable you'll need to provision a new number in the [Manage Numbers page](https://www.twilio.com/user/account/phone-numbers/incoming) under your account. The phone number should be in E.164 format
 1. (Optional) This project integrate [python-dotenv](https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv) to automatically load the `.env` file. Alternatively, you can run `source .env` to apply the environment variables (or even use [autoenv](https://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv))
 1. Customize `config/administrators.json` with your phone number.
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ To run the app locally, first clone this repository and `cd` into its directory.
     ```
 1. Go to [http://localhost:8000/error](http://localhost:8000/error/). You'll receive a text shortly with details on the exception.
 
+### Use Production Environment
+
+Follow previous guide and in step 3 do:
+
+1. Copy the `.env.production.example` file to `.env`, and edit it to include your Twilio API credentials (found at https://www.twilio.com/user/account/voice) and add the `DJANGO_SECRET_KEY`
+
 ## Run the tests
 
 You can run the tests locally through [coverage](http://coverage.readthedocs.org/):