diff --git a/docs/email.txt b/docs/email.txt
index e1e465812fd0f7426b60a1a7b1c56f63087fbec2..fb67745f827c594b4659706ba696e8ff8e2417bf 100644
--- a/docs/email.txt
+++ b/docs/email.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 
 Login to orion and edit `/etc/postfix/users`, add the new email address in the
 appropriate category and run `postmap /etc/postfix/users`.
+
+If the user wants to forward email, either enter the destination directly in
+the /etc/postfix/users file or enter a username and then put the destination
+into `~username/.forward` so that they can edit it themselves.