diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
index 66e17e5bd..10e1d9880 100644
--- a/server/README.md
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Overall, there are [three approaches](RUNNING.md) you can take:
 * Run without Docker
 
 Everything that you might needed to run museum is all in here, since this is the
-setup we ourselves use in production.
+code we ourselves use in production.
 
 > [!TIP]
 >
diff --git a/server/RUNNING.md b/server/RUNNING.md
index 132bc7801..9410650e0 100644
--- a/server/RUNNING.md
+++ b/server/RUNNING.md
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ Or interact with the MinIO S3 API
 
 Or open the MinIO dashboard at <http://localhost:3201> (user: test/password: testtest).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+>
+> While we've provided a MinIO based Docker compose file to make it easy for
+> people to get started, if you're running it in production we recommend using
+> an external S3.
+
 > [!NOTE]
 >
 > If something seems amiss, ensure that Docker has read access to the parent