diff --git a/morph/README.rst b/morph/README.rst
index d4a89a373a1bef767ad26859d495f1528a4fb7ca..1f48d5e0ad30b1f44a1a2cee8c5aa6f0669bcc75 100644
--- a/morph/README.rst
+++ b/morph/README.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,19 @@ grid
 
 Specific grid definitions live in subdirectories beneath this directory.
 
+secrets
+~~~~~~~
+
+This must be created and populated before the grid can be built or deployed.
+
+This directory contains all of the secrets necessary to deploy the grid.
+Secrets beneath this directory are referenced by ``config.json`` and ``grid.nix``
+(and possibly elsewhere).
+Some of the paths are configurable and some are just convention.
+This path is **ignored** by git.
+The intended workflow is that the secrets will be maintained on secure storage and a symlink to the correct location created here.
+This keeps the secrets themselves out of the git working tree as an extra protection against unintentionally committing them.
+
 config.json
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/.gitignore b/morph/grid/production/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db2fc0de62d01d6d7eec83f8f3e8c3b13b20392a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morph/grid/production/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+secrets
diff --git a/morph/grid/production/secrets b/morph/grid/production/secrets
deleted file mode 120000
index 523a2201861c0af15e630324fb0a59230751c442..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/morph/grid/production/secrets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../PrivateStorageSecrets/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/morph/grid/testing/.gitignore b/morph/grid/testing/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db2fc0de62d01d6d7eec83f8f3e8c3b13b20392a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/morph/grid/testing/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+secrets
diff --git a/morph/grid/testing/secrets b/morph/grid/testing/secrets
deleted file mode 120000
index 523a2201861c0af15e630324fb0a59230751c442..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/morph/grid/testing/secrets
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../../PrivateStorageSecrets/
\ No newline at end of file