diff --git a/docs/stellar-disbursement-platform/getting-started.mdx b/docs/stellar-disbursement-platform/getting-started.mdx
index 21a7b88b5..13b4661cb 100644
--- a/docs/stellar-disbursement-platform/getting-started.mdx
+++ b/docs/stellar-disbursement-platform/getting-started.mdx
@@ -235,26 +235,41 @@ In `docker-compose-sdp-anchor.yml`, update the following:
 <CodeExample>
 
 ```yaml
-# the public key of the account used for authentication
-# it should be the same public key for both attributes
-SEP10_ACCOUNT:
+# The public key of the Stellar account used for SEP-10 authentication:
 SEP10_SIGNING_PUBLIC_KEY:
-# the private key of the account used for authentication
-# it should be the same secret key for both attributes
+#
+# The private key of the Stellar account used for SEP-10 authentication. It
+# should be the same secret key for both attributes below, for the Stellar
+# Disbursement Platform and Anchor Platform:
 SEP10_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY:
 SECRET_SEP10_SIGNING_SEED:
-# the encryption key (any secret string) for the authentication token shared with wallets
-# it should be the same key for both attributes
-SEP24_JWT_SECRET:
+#
+# The encryption key used to sign the resulting SEP-10 JWT token:
 SECRET_SEP10_JWT_SECRET:
-# the encryption key for the authentication token used for internal services
-# These could be different or the same value
-ANCHOR_PLATFORM_OUTGOING_JWT_SECRET:
+#
+# A shared encryption key used to sign JWT tokens in the SEP-24 from the Anchor
+# Platform to the Stellar Disbursement Platform. The value needs to be the same
+# for all three attributes below:
+SEP24_JWT_SECRET:
 SECRET_SEP24_INTERACTIVE_URL_JWT_SECRET:
 SECRET_SEP24_MORE_INFO_URL_JWT_SECRET:
-# used to encrypt passwords of the SDP users
-# NOTE: you'll need to recreate any existing users in the database if this is reset
+#
+# A shared encryption key used to sign JWT tokens in the PlatformAPI
+# communications from the Stellar Disbursement Platform to the Anchor Platform.
+# The value needs to be the same for both attributes below:
+ANCHOR_PLATFORM_OUTGOING_JWT_SECRET:
+SECRET_PLATFORM_API_AUTH_SECRET:
+#
+# The private key is used to sign JWT tokens for authenticating the requests
+# incoming to the Stellar Disbursement Platform. The Public key is used to
+# validate that the JWT token was signed by the SDP's private key. They can be
+# generated with these commands:
+# openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out ec_private_key.pem
+# openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -in ec_private_key.pem -out ec_private_key_pkcs8.pem
+# openssl ec -in ec_private_key.pem -pubout -out ec_public_key.pem
+EC256_PUBLIC_KEY:
 EC256_PRIVATE_KEY:
+#
 ```
 
 </CodeExample>