diff --git a/apps/backend/.env-example b/apps/backend/.env-example
index 606dab9a46..8bf9db4713 100644
--- a/apps/backend/.env-example
+++ b/apps/backend/.env-example
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ CLASSIFICATION_BANNER_COLOR=<The color of the sensitivity classification banner,
 ## Backend
 NODE_ENV=<development, production, or test (no default, must be set)>
 PORT=<Port that the app starts up on (if nothing is provided, defaults to 3000)>
-EXTERNAL_URL=<The external URL for your Heimdall deployment, for example https://heimdall.mitre.org>
 ADMIN_EMAIL=<email for default admin user (if nothing is provided, defaults to admin@heimdall.local)>
 ADMIN_USES_EXTERNAL_AUTH=<if the default admin user uses alternative/external authentication (if nothing is provided, defaults to false)
 ADMIN_PASSWORD=<Password for admin user (if nothing is provided, defaults to a randomly generated password that will only be shown on initial setup)>
@@ -41,6 +40,8 @@ NGINX_HOST=<Templated out as the 'server_name' for the NGINX configuration (no d
 
 # Authentication
 
+EXTERNAL_URL=<The external URL for your Heimdall deployment, for example https://heimdall.mitre.org>
+
 ## LDAP Configuration
 LDAP_ENABLED=<If you want to enable LDAP login (defaults to false)>
 LDAP_HOST=<Your LDAP target server (no default, must be set to use LDAP)>