diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index a49f2c9e..45691cab 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ param_ports:
 param_usage_include_env: true
 param_env_vars:
   - { env_var: "NGINX_APP_URL", env_value: "<hostname or ip>", desc: "Hostname or IP and port if applicable IE <ip or hostname>:8080"}
+  - { env_var: "APP_URL", env_value: "<hostname or ip>", desc: "Should match `NGINX_APP_URL` with no trailing `/` and must be prefixed by `http` or `https` if using an SSL proxy"}
   - { env_var: "MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP_ADDR", env_value: "<mysql host>", desc: "Mysql hostname or IP to use"}
   - { env_var: "MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP_PORT", env_value: "<mysql port>", desc: "Mysql port to use"}
   - { env_var: "MYSQL_DATABASE", env_value: "<mysql database>", desc: "Mysql database to use"}
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ custom_compose: |
       volumes:
         - <path to data>:/config
       environment:
-        - NGINX_APP_URL=< your application URL IE 192.168.10.1:8080>
+        - NGINX_APP_URL=<your application URL IE 192.168.10.1:8080>
+        - APP_URL=APP_URL=http://<your application URL IE 192.168.10.1:8080>
         - MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP_ADDR=mysql
         - MYSQL_PORT_3306_TCP_PORT=3306
         - MYSQL_DATABASE=snipe