diff --git a/backend/.env.example b/backend/.env.example
index 1f4fa25..10639bf 100644
--- a/backend/.env.example
+++ b/backend/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-DATABASE_HOST=localhost
+DATABASE_HOST=your-database-host
 DATABASE_PORT=5432
-DATABASE_USERNAME=postgres
-DATABASE_PASSWORD=postgres
-DATABASE_NAME=prism_messenger
-JWT_SECRET=your-secret-key-change-in-production
+DATABASE_USERNAME=your-database-username
+DATABASE_PASSWORD=your-database-password
+DATABASE_NAME=your-database-name
+JWT_SECRET=generate-secure-random-key-here
 JWT_EXPIRATION=7d
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