diff --git a/docs/docs/installation/github.md b/docs/docs/installation/github.md
index b405b020..afe15517 100644
--- a/docs/docs/installation/github.md
+++ b/docs/docs/installation/github.md
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ cp pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml pr_agent/settings/.secrets.toml
 
 ## Deploy as a Lambda Function
 
+Note that since AWS Lambda env vars cannot have "." in the name, you can replace each "." in an env variable with "__".<br>
+For example: `GITHUB.WEBHOOK_SECRET` --> `GITHUB__WEBHOOK_SECRET`
+
 1. Follow steps 1-5 from [here](#run-as-a-github-app).
 2. Build a docker image that can be used as a lambda function
     ```shell
@@ -246,4 +249,4 @@ After you set up AWS CodeCommit using the instructions above, here is an example
 PYTHONPATH="/PATH/TO/PROJECTS/pr-agent" python pr_agent/cli.py \
   --pr_url https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/codesuite/codecommit/repositories/MY_REPO_NAME/pull-requests/321 \
   review
-```
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+```