diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc.recommended
similarity index 82%
rename from .envrc
rename to .envrc.recommended
index e84ab0f8..94dd6bc2 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc.recommended
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # vi: ft=bash
+#
+# If you wish to use this file, copy or symlink it to `.envrc` for direnv to read it.
+# This will use the flake development shell.
 
 if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 3.0.5; then
     source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/3.0.5/direnvrc" "sha256-RuwIS+QKFj/T9M2TFXScjBsLR6V3A17YVoEW/Q6AZ1w="
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 459e6d88..7b493926 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -254,5 +254,6 @@ compile_commands.json
 TagStudio.ini
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/visualstudiocode,python,qt
 
+.envrc
 .direnv
 .devenv