diff --git a/components/dotenv.rst b/components/dotenv.rst
index fae35a5b5f2..0d23cb12507 100644
--- a/components/dotenv.rst
+++ b/components/dotenv.rst
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ You should never store a ``.env`` file in your code repository as it might
 contain sensitive information; create a ``.env.dist`` file with sensible
 defaults instead.
 
-Symfony Dotenv should only be used in development/testing/staging environments.
-For production environments, use "real" environment variables.
+.. note::
+
+    Symfony Dotenv can be used in any environment of your application:
+    development, testing, staging and even production. However, in production
+    it's recommended to configure real environment variables to avoid the
+    performance overhead of parsing the ``.env`` file for every request.
 
 As a ``.env`` file is a regular shell script, you can ``source`` it in your own
 shell scripts: