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    cp ./api/app/.env.example ./api/app/.env
    ```
 4. **Modify .env**
-    Open the newly created `.env` file in your text editor and replace the placeholder values with your actual credentials:
+    Open the newly created `.env` file in your text editor and replace "your_email_address" values with your actual email address:
    ```text
    WIKIPEDIA_USER_AGENT="MuseumAnalytics/0.1 (your_email_address)"
    ```