diff --git a/pinry/settings/docker.py b/pinry/settings/docker.py
index 43c60b7..eb0cc1e 100644
--- a/pinry/settings/docker.py
+++ b/pinry/settings/docker.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ from .base import *
 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
 if 'SECRET_KEY' not in os.environ:
     logging.warning(
-        "No SECRET_KEY given in environ, please have a check"
+        "No SECRET_KEY given in environ, please have a check."
+        "If you have a local_settings file, please ignore this warning."
     )
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', "PLEASE_REPLACE_ME")