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@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ the version of the app you are going to release. For example `2018.3-beta1` or `
      export HISTCONTROL=ignorespace
      export CSC_KEY_PASSWORD='my secret'
      ```
+   * `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID` - The AppleId to use when notarizing the app. Only needed on release builds
+   * `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID_PASSWORD` - The AppleId password for the account in `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID`.
+     Don't use the real AppleId password! Instead create an app specific password and add that to
+     your keyring. See this documentation: https://github.com/electron/electron-notarize#safety-when-using-appleidpassword
+
+     Summary:
+     1. Generate app specific password on Apple's AppleId management portal.
+     2. Run `security add-generic-password -a "<apple_id>" -w <app_specific_password> -s "something_something"`
+     3. Set `NOTARIZE_APPLE_ID_PASSWORD="@keychain:something_something"`.
 
 1. Run `./build.sh` on each computer/platform where you want to create a release artifact. This will
     do the following for you: