diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f91e1e677..d9d790f9c 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ LNBITS_HIDE_API=false
 
 # Disable extensions for all users, use "all" to disable all extensions
 LNBITS_DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="amilk"
-LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_MANIFESTS="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lnbits/lnbits-extensions/main/extensions.json,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lnbits/lnbits-extensions/main/extensions-trial.json"
+# LNBITS_EXTENSIONS_MANIFESTS="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lnbits/lnbits-extensions/main/extensions.json,https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lnbits/lnbits-extensions/main/extensions-trial.json"
+# GitHub has rate-limits for its APIs. The limit can be increased specifying a GITHUB_TOKEN
+# LNBITS_EXT_GITHUB_TOKEN=github_pat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 # Database: to use SQLite, specify LNBITS_DATA_FOLDER
 #           to use PostgreSQL, specify LNBITS_DATABASE_URL=postgres://...