diff --git a/secrets/README.md b/secrets/README.md
index e69de29..bdf0dd5 100644
--- a/secrets/README.md
+++ b/secrets/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+so yeah you gotta run `agenix -e secret.age` to actually edit a secret
diff --git a/secrets/secrets.nix b/secrets/secrets.nix
index b4f71b4..9d74b3f 100644
--- a/secrets/secrets.nix
+++ b/secrets/secrets.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# so yeah you gotta run `agenix -e secret.age` to actually edit a secret
 let
   key = "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIEw4Uqg9UBakoOpS4nVGE3ePKHnst0+02lFN04n2IyKb ginesin.j@northeastern.edu";
 in {