diff --git a/docs/config/index.md b/docs/config/index.md
index d7560e58736a43..346de1a78f7dc9 100644
--- a/docs/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/config/index.md
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ export default defineConfig(async ({ command, mode }) => {
 
 ### Environment Variables
 
-Vite doesn't load `.env` files by default as the files to load can only be determined after evaluating the Vite config, for example, the `root` and `envDir` options affects the loading behaviour. However, you can use the exported `loadEnv` helper to load the specific `.env` file if needed.
+Environmental Variables can be obtained from `process.env` as usual.
+
+Note that Vite doesn't load `.env` files by default as the files to load can only be determined after evaluating the Vite config, for example, the `root` and `envDir` options affects the loading behaviour. However, you can use the exported `loadEnv` helper to load the specific `.env` file if needed.
 
 ```js
 import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from 'vite'