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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Consult the example configuration file, `.env.production.sample` for the full li
 
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-The project now includes a `Dockerfile` and a `docker-compose.yml`. You need to turn `.env.production.sample` into `.env.production` with all the variables set before you can:
+The project now includes a `Dockerfile` and a `docker-compose.yml` file (which requires at least docker-compose version `1.10.0`). You need to turn `.env.production.sample` into `.env.production` with all the variables set before you can:
 
     docker-compose build