diff --git a/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts b/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts
index 169dd2ec6b3d09ce8dc7d3bb85e0af43fc45b857..1165c9467008b9ada4ebad0f7a3747bf40d9d38e 100644
--- a/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-llama/templates/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const createEnvLocalFile = async (
 
   switch (opts?.vectorDb) {
     case "mongo": {
+      content += `# For generating a connection URI, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/guides/atlas/connection-string\n`;
       content += `MONGO_URI=\n`;
       content += `MONGODB_DATABASE=\n`;
       content += `MONGODB_VECTORS=\n`;