diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b8d197e..0179288e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ services networked together to make up all the components of the Lumigator appli
 
 > [!NOTE]
 > If you'd like to evaluate against LLM APIs like OpenAI and Mistral, you'll need to have your
-> environment variable [set locally](https://github.com/mozilla-ai/lumigator/blob/main/.env.example) for Lumigator pick it up at runtime, or, alternately, inject
+> environment variable [set locally](https://github.com/mozilla-ai/lumigator/blob/main/.env.template) for Lumigator pick it up at runtime, or, alternately, inject
 > into the running `backend` docker container.
 
 To start Lumigator locally, follow these steps:
diff --git a/docs/source/get-started/installation.md b/docs/source/get-started/installation.md
index 726e3915..02cb1d18 100644
--- a/docs/source/get-started/installation.md
+++ b/docs/source/get-started/installation.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ uses SQLite for this purpose.
 
 ```{note}
 If you want to evaluate against LLM APIs like OpenAI and Mistral, you need to set the appropriate
-environment variables: `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `MISTRAL_API_KEY`. Refer to the `.env.example` file in
+environment variables: `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `MISTRAL_API_KEY`. Refer to the `.env.template` file in
 the repository for more details.
 ```