diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ce332ff..43985c5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
         server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
         server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN # env variable for token in deploy
         gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
-        gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+        gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
 
     - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
       run: mvn deploy