diff --git a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
index 76f13deba..b55ae7886 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ JOB_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60 * 6  # 6 hours default
 LOG_ALL_MODEL_INTERACTIONS = (
     os.environ.get("LOG_ALL_MODEL_INTERACTIONS", "").lower() == "true"
 )
+# If set to `true` will enable additional logs about Vespa query performance
+# (time spent on finding the right docs + time spent fetching summaries from disk)
 LOG_VESPA_TIMING_INFORMATION = (
     os.environ.get("LOG_VESPA_TIMING_INFORMATION", "").lower() == "true"
 )
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 5d56f1443..93aaaedc3 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ services:
       - LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
       # Log all of the prompts to the LLM
       - LOG_ALL_MODEL_INTERACTIONS=${LOG_ALL_MODEL_INTERACTIONS:-info}
+      # If set to `true` will enable additional logs about Vespa query performance
+      # (time spent on finding the right docs + time spent fetching summaries from disk)
+      - LOG_VESPA_TIMING_INFORMATION=${LOG_VESPA_TIMING_INFORMATION:-}
     volumes:
       - local_dynamic_storage:/home/storage
       - file_connector_tmp_storage:/home/file_connector_storage