diff --git a/web/apps/photos/.env.development b/web/apps/photos/.env.development
index 4def17ed5..a8277281d 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/.env.development
+++ b/web/apps/photos/.env.development
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # Develop against a server running on localhost
 #
-# Copy this file to `.env.local` or `.env.development.local` to give you a
-# baseline setup. For more details, see `.env`,
+# Copy this file to `.env.local` or `.env.development.local` and uncomment the
+# variable assignments below to give you a baseline setup. For more details, see
+# `.env`.
 #
 # Equivalent CLI command using environment variables would be
 #
 #     NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8080 yarn dev:photos
 #
 
-NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT = http://localhost:8080
+#NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT = http://localhost:8080
 
 # If you wish to preview how the shared albums work, you can use `yarn
 # dev:albums`. The equivalent CLI command using env vars would be
 #
 #     NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:8080 NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ALBUMS_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:3002 yarn dev:albums
 
-NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ALBUMS_ENDPOINT = http://localhost:3002
+#NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ALBUMS_ENDPOINT = http://localhost:3002