diff --git a/DOCUMENTATION/content/getting-started/index.md b/DOCUMENTATION/content/getting-started/index.md
index 5bb53916..770916ba 100644
--- a/DOCUMENTATION/content/getting-started/index.md
+++ b/DOCUMENTATION/content/getting-started/index.md
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ You can edit the `.env` file to choose which software's you want to be installed
 
 Depending on the host's operating system you may need to change the value given to `COMPOSE_FILE`. When you are running Laradock on Mac OS the correct file separator to use is `:`. When running Laradock from a Windows environment multiple files must be separated with `;`.
 
+By default the containers that will be created have the current directory name as suffix (e.g. `laradock_workspace_1`). This can cause mixture of data inside the container volumes if you use laradock in multiple project. In this case, either read the guide for [multiple projects](#B) or change the variable `COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME` to something unique like your project name.
+
 2 - Build the enviroment and run it using `docker-compose`
 
 In this example we'll see how to run NGINX (web server) and MySQL (database engine) to host a PHP Web Scripts:
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index 67412cfc..d06daef4 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml
 # Change the separator from : to ; on Windows
 COMPOSE_PATH_SEPARATOR=:
 
+# Define the prefix of container names. This is useful if you have multiple projects that use laradock to have seperate containers per project.
+COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=laradock
+
 ### PHP Version ###########################################
 
 # Select a PHP version of the Workspace and PHP-FPM containers (Does not apply to HHVM). Accepted values: 7.2 - 7.1 - 7.0 - 5.6