From 95fb79dfccb81bb387125bc0e47836d2e4a6794c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Limoncelli <tal@whatexit.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 06:18:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Document creds.json can include env variables

---
 docs/getting-started.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
index 23af6417a..28b818b48 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started.md
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ jq:
 
     jq < creds.json
 
+FYI: `creds.json` fields can be an environment variable. The field must begin with a `$` followed by the variable name. No other text. For example:
+
+    "apiuser": "$GANDI_APIUSER",
 
 ## 5. Test the sample files.