diff --git a/example/kubernetes/using-secrets/.gitignore b/example/kubernetes/using-secrets/.gitignore
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+ldap-secret.yaml
diff --git a/example/kubernetes/using-secrets/README.md b/example/kubernetes/using-secrets/README.md
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+# Generating ldap-secret.yaml
+
+`make example`
+
+Then edit the yaml files in the environment directory to have the desired paraneters, and then make the secret file:
+
+`make ldap-secret.yaml`
diff --git a/example/kubernetes/using-secrets/environment/.gitignore b/example/kubernetes/using-secrets/environment/.gitignore
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+my-env.startup.yaml
+my-env.yaml