README.md in heirloom-0.5.0rc4 vs README.md in heirloom-0.6.0rc1

@@ -22,13 +22,24 @@
   secret_key: UPDATE_ME
 ```
 
 * **access_key / secret_key**: AWS account credentials where you would like the archives stored.
 
+Proxy Support
+-------------
+
+Heirloom uses the http_proxy & https_proxy variables.
+
+```
+export http_proxy=http://1.2.3.4:80
+export http_proxys=http://1.2.3.4:80
+```
+
 Platforms
 ---------
 
 Currently I support AWS S3 for object storage and AWS SimpleDB for metadata management.  One day I'd like to expand to other providers.
+
 
 Documentation
 -------------
 
 For more information, please view the [Heirloom Wiki](https://github.com/live-community/heirloom/wiki).