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diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md
index b58b0968c..b719a27bb 100644
--- a/docs/installing/email.md
+++ b/docs/installing/email.md
@@ -100,8 +100,13 @@ In `/etc/postfix/main.cf`, add:
transport_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/transports
local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname regexp:/etc/postfix/recipients
-
-and update the mydestinations line (which determines what domains this machine will deliver locally) - add your domain, not `example.com`, to the beginning of the list:
+This tells postfix to accept messages for local delivery where
+recipients are either defined by a regular expression in
+`/etc/postfix/transports`, are local UNIX accounts or are local aliases
+specified as regular expressions in `/etc/postfix/recipients`. Also
+update the `mydestination` line (which determines what domains this
+machine will deliver locally) - add your domain, not `example.com`, to
+the beginning of the list:
mydestination = example.com, localhost.localdomain, localhost