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@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ SMTP_ENABLE_STARTTLS=
 SMTP_TLS=
 SMTP_SSL=
 ```
+
+## Creating an admin user
+
+How to create an admin user can be found in the [admin cli documentation](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/tootctl/). You will need to run these commands within the `compose-mastodon-web` docker container. Example:
+```
+tootctl accounts create dcomms-admin --email dcomms-admin@example.org --role Owner --confirmed
+```
+
+This will display a automatically generated password that can be used on first login.