diff --git a/environments/dev/common/config/main-local.php b/environments/dev/common/config/main-local.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/environments/dev/common/config/main-local.php
+++ b/environments/dev/common/config/main-local.php
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ return [
         'mail' => [
             'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
             'viewPath' => '@common/mail',
+            // send all mails to a file by default. You have to set
+            // 'useFileTransport' to false and configure a transport
+            // for the mailer to send real emails.
             'useFileTransport' => true,
         ],
     ],
added explicit comment about file transport to mail config

fixes #<I>