diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
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--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/README.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Deployment
 * heroku addons:add pgbackups
 * heroku addons:add sendgrid:starter
 * heroku pg:promote HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_COLOR
+* heroku config:add DJANGO_CONFIGURATION=Production
+* heroku config:add DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=RANDOM_SECRET_KEY
 * heroku config:add DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=YOUR_ID
 * heroku config:add DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_KEY
 * heroku config:add DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME=BUCKET