diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 1e5ec53a86688e3939643534b1c0ad6f9210a3ae..404488eb7ff0ecc6197ab8c100555c79eb1cf0ce 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+############################################
+## uncomment the line below to enable developer mode
+
+#   SetEnv MAGE_MODE developer
+
 ############################################
 ## uncomment these lines for CGI mode
 ## make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
diff --git a/.htaccess.sample b/.htaccess.sample
index fc33e61888b96b229f8948a30a5b46bf4c6798f0..133ce7de2c59badd5df4a159bb921e8a99f05eb7 100644
--- a/.htaccess.sample
+++ b/.htaccess.sample
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+############################################
+## uncomment the line below to enable developer mode
+
+#   SetEnv MAGE_MODE developer
+
 ############################################
 ## uncomment these lines for CGI mode
 ## make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
diff --git a/pub/.htaccess b/pub/.htaccess
index 20eba3e4a9233d848165e28dc5699e41689593c7..7cac070b85bf7b33c187cfcefd3bf6e8e456306b 100755
--- a/pub/.htaccess
+++ b/pub/.htaccess
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+############################################
+## uncomment the line below to enable developer mode
+
+#   SetEnv MAGE_MODE developer
+
 ############################################
 ## uncomment these lines for CGI mode
 ## make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name