diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index fd68f61cb..94c7c2e64 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ Required services
 PAPERLESS_REDIS=<url>
     This is required for processing scheduled tasks such as email fetching, index
     optimization and for training the automatic document matcher.
+    
+    * If your Redis server needs login credentials PAPERLESS_REDIS = ``redis://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>``
+    
+    * With the requirepass option PAPERLESS_REDIS = ``redis://:<password>@<host>:<port>``
+    
+    `More information on securing your Redis Instance <https://redis.io/docs/getting-started/#securing-redis>`_.
 
     Defaults to redis://localhost:6379.