From 1b00a8692b6f26571aba5d441c7920d0aad98b31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoff Bourne <itzgeoff@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 09:38:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: noted whitelist importance

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 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

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 ### Whitelist Players
 
+> **NOTE** it is very important to set this with servers exposed to the internet where you want only limited players to join.
+
 To whitelist players for your Minecraft server, pass the Minecraft usernames separated by commas via the `WHITELIST` environment variable, such as
 
     docker run -d -e WHITELIST=user1,user2 ...