diff --git a/docs/install/configuration/azure_openai.md b/docs/install/configuration/azure_openai.md
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@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ endpoints:
     - For this reason, it's recommended you use only one region or resource group for Azure OpenAI Assistants, or you will experience an error.
     - Uploading to "OpenAI" is the default behavior for official `code_interpeter` and `retrieval` capabilities.
 - Downloading files that assistants generate will soon be supported.
+- If the `ASSISTANTS_API_KEY` is still set to `user_provided` in your environment file `.env`, comment it out.
 - As of March 14th 2024, retrieval and streaming are not supported through Azure OpenAI.
     - To avoid any errors with retrieval while it's not supported, it's recommended to disable the capability altogether through the `assistants` endpoint config:
 
@@ -673,4 +674,4 @@ To use Azure with the Plugins endpoint, make sure the following environment vari
 
 **Generate images with Azure OpenAI Service (DALL-E)**
 
-See the [current Azure DALL-E guide](#generate-images-with-azure-openai-service-dall-e) as it applies to legacy configurations
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+See the [current Azure DALL-E guide](#generate-images-with-azure-openai-service-dall-e) as it applies to legacy configurations