From 82284f3f736689ce45b3c68e42f3bfb3f8f2b628 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Nina=20=C3=98deg=C3=A5rd?= <nina.odegard@cognite.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 14:28:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: switch quickstart note to warning (#1912)

---
 docs/source/quickstart.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/source/quickstart.rst b/docs/source/quickstart.rst
index 427fd99b6..4d6039f46 100644
--- a/docs/source/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/source/quickstart.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ this quickstart we'll demonstrate the most common/recommended patterns. More det
 section: :ref:`CogniteClient <class_client_CogniteClient>`, :ref:`ClientConfig <class_client_ClientConfig>`,
 :ref:`GlobalConfig <class_client_GlobalConfig>`, and :ref:`credential_providers:Credential Providers`.
 
+.. warning::
+    Ensure that credentials are stored and handled securely by not hard-coding it or storing them in a text file. All the below examples
+    are using and referencing environment variables to store this sensitive information.
+
 Instantiate a new client from a configuration file
 --------------------------------------------------
 Use this code to instantiate a client using a configuration file in order to execute API calls to Cognite Data Fusion (CDF).