diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.env b/docker/compose/docker-compose.env
index 34e694b92..c4dbb4cce 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.env
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.env
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@
 # The default language to use for OCR. Set this to the language most of your
 # documents are written in.
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE=eng
+
+# Set if accessing paperless via a domain subpath e.g. https://domain.com/PATHPREFIX and using a reverse-proxy like traefik or nginx
+#PAPERLESS_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME=/PATHPREFIX
+#PAPERLESS_STATIC_URL=/PATHPREFIX/static/ # trailing slash required
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 94c7c2e64..7eac9440f 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -215,9 +215,16 @@ PAPERLESS_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME=<path>
 PAPERLESS_STATIC_URL=<path>
     Override the STATIC_URL here.  Unless you're hosting Paperless off a
     subdomain like /paperless/, you probably don't need to change this.
+    If you do change it, be sure to include the trailing slash.
 
     Defaults to "/static/".
 
+    .. note::
+
+        When hosting paperless behind a reverse proxy like Traefik or Nginx at a subpath e.g.
+        example.com/paperlessngx you will also need to set ``PAPERLESS_FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME``
+        (see above).
+
 PAPERLESS_AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME=<username>
     Specify a username here so that paperless will automatically perform login
     with the selected user.