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diff --git a/doc/development.rst b/doc/development.rst
index 2e7acd5..42de8eb 100644
--- a/doc/development.rst
+++ b/doc/development.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,32 @@ Then download the components of HyperKitty::
     git clone https://github.com/hyperkitty/hyperkitty_standalone.git
 
 
+Configuration
+=============
+
+For a development setup, you should create a
+``hyperkitty_standalone/settings_local.py`` file with at least the following
+content::
+
+    DEBUG = True
+    TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
+    ASSETS_DEBUG = DEBUG
+    ASSETS_AUTO_BUILD = DEBUG
+    USE_SSL = False
+
+It's also recommanded to change the database access paths in the ``DATABASES``
+and ``KITTYSTORE_URL`` variables.
+
+If you ever want to turn the ``DEBUG`` variable to ``False`` (by removing it
+from ``settings_local.py``), you'll have to run two additional commands at
+first and each time you change the static files::
+
+    python hyperkitty_standalone/manage.py collectstatic
+    python hyperkitty_standalone/manage.py assets build --parse-templates
+
+But for development purposes, it's better to keep ``DEBUG = True``.
+
+
 .. Setting up the databases
 
 .. include:: database.rst
diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst
index d020161..aadcf5d 100644
--- a/doc/install.rst
+++ b/doc/install.rst
@@ -94,6 +94,13 @@ key is an additional HyperKitty-specific configuration file for which an
 example is provided. See the included ``hyperkitty_standalone/hyperkitty.cfg``
 file.
 
+.. warning::
+    The user that Mailman runs under (unually "mailman") must be able to read
+    both the ``settings.py`` and ``settings_local.py`` files. Remember that
+    those files also contain the database passwords, so make sure the
+    permissions are correct. We suggest adding the mailman user to the apache
+    group, and only giving this group read access to those files.
+
 After having made these changes, you must restart Mailman. Check its log files
 to make sure the emails are correctly archived. You should not see "``Broken
 archiver: hyperkitty``" messages.