diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7588c9..5af376f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ This produces a workspace directory `PPN77164308X` with the OCR results in it;
 the results are viewable as explained above.
 
 ppn2ocr requires a working Docker setup and properly set up environment
-variables for the proxy configuration. At SBB, this means:
-~~~
-export HTTP_PROXY=http://http-proxy.sbb.spk-berlin.de:3128/
-export HTTPS_PROXY=$HTTP_PROXY; export http_proxy=$HTTP_PROXY; export https_proxy=$HTTP_PROXY
-export no_proxy=localhost,digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de,content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de
-~~~
+variables for the proxy configuration. At SBB, this following
+`howto/docker-proxy.md` and `howto/proxy-settings-for-shell+python.md`
+(in qurator's mono-repo).