diff --git a/terraform/environments/aws/backends/dev.tfbackend.example b/terraform/environments/aws/backends/dev.tfbackend.example
index 514656f8a..82308ed1b 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/aws/backends/dev.tfbackend.example
+++ b/terraform/environments/aws/backends/dev.tfbackend.example
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # AWS Terraform Backend Configuration - Development
+# CI does not use this file: it builds its backend from the TF_BACKEND_AWS secret.
 # Copy to dev.tfbackend and customize with your values
 #
 # Usage:
@@ -6,13 +7,13 @@
 #   # Edit dev.tfbackend with your values, then:
 #   terraform init -backend-config=backends/dev.tfbackend
 
-bucket         = "cudly-terraform-state-dev"
-key            = "dev/terraform.tfstate"
+bucket         = "your-cudly-terraform-state-aws-dev"
+key            = "github-dev/terraform.tfstate"
 region         = "us-east-1"
 encrypt        = true
 use_lockfile   = true
 # profile      = "your-aws-profile"  # Optional: AWS CLI profile
 
 # Note: Create the S3 bucket before first use:
-#   aws s3 mb s3://cudly-terraform-state-dev --region us-east-1
-#   aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --bucket cudly-terraform-state-dev --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled
+#   aws s3 mb s3://your-cudly-terraform-state-aws-dev --region us-east-1
+#   aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --bucket your-cudly-terraform-state-aws-dev --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled
diff --git a/terraform/environments/gcp/README.md b/terraform/environments/gcp/README.md
index df53a662a..4d22a9a77 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/gcp/README.md
+++ b/terraform/environments/gcp/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ gcloud services enable \
 ### 4. Create Terraform State Bucket
 
 ```bash
-BUCKET_NAME="cudly-terraform-state-dev"
+BUCKET_NAME="your-cudly-terraform-state-gcp-dev"
 gsutil mb -p $PROJECT_ID -l us-central1 gs://$BUCKET_NAME
 gsutil versioning set on gs://$BUCKET_NAME
 ```
diff --git a/terraform/environments/gcp/backends/dev.tfbackend.example b/terraform/environments/gcp/backends/dev.tfbackend.example
index 32fbae95f..a4cdb21e0 100644
--- a/terraform/environments/gcp/backends/dev.tfbackend.example
+++ b/terraform/environments/gcp/backends/dev.tfbackend.example
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #   # Edit dev.tfbackend with your values, then:
 #   terraform init -backend-config=backends/dev.tfbackend
 
-bucket = "cudly-terraform-state-dev"
-prefix = "dev"
+bucket = "your-cudly-terraform-state-gcp-dev"
+prefix = "github-dev"
 
 # Note: Create the GCS bucket before first use:
-#   gsutil mb -p YOUR_PROJECT_ID -l US gs://cudly-terraform-state-dev
-#   gsutil versioning set on gs://cudly-terraform-state-dev
+#   gsutil mb -p YOUR_PROJECT_ID -l US gs://your-cudly-terraform-state-gcp-dev
+#   gsutil versioning set on gs://your-cudly-terraform-state-gcp-dev