diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-gradle/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-gradle/serverless.yml
index be95009c9..9cd5faae0 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-gradle/serverless.yml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-gradle/serverless.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ provider:
 #          - - "arn:aws:s3:::"
 #            - "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket"
 
+# you can define service wide environment variables here
+#  environment:
+#    variable1: value1
+
 # you can add packaging information here
 package:
   artifact: build/distributions/hello.zip
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ functions:
 #      - sns: greeter-topic
 #      - stream: arn:aws:dynamodb:region:XXXXXX:table/foo/stream/1970-01-01T00:00:00.000
 
+#    Define function environment variables here
+#    environment:
+#      variable2: value2
+
 # you can add CloudFormation resource templates here
 #resources:
 #  Resources:
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/serverless.yml
index 01dcb706f..4d644c37e 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/serverless.yml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/serverless.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ provider:
 #          - - "arn:aws:s3:::"
 #            - "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket"
 
+# you can define service wide environment variables here
+#  environment:
+#    variable1: value1
+
 # you can add packaging information here
 package:
   artifact: target/hello-dev.jar
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ functions:
 #      - sns: greeter-topic
 #      - stream: arn:aws:dynamodb:region:XXXXXX:table/foo/stream/1970-01-01T00:00:00.000
 
+#    Define function environment variables here
+#    environment:
+#      variable2: value2
+
 # you can add CloudFormation resource templates here
 #resources:
 #  Resources:
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs/serverless.yml
index 9b71661a3..2bfe24a4c 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs/serverless.yml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-nodejs/serverless.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ provider:
 #          - - "arn:aws:s3:::"
 #            - "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket"
 
+# you can define service wide environment variables here
+#  environment:
+#    variable1: value1
+
 # you can add packaging information here
 #package:
 #  include:
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ functions:
 #      - sns: greeter-topic
 #      - stream: arn:aws:dynamodb:region:XXXXXX:table/foo/stream/1970-01-01T00:00:00.000
 
+#    Define function environment variables here
+#    environment:
+#      variable2: value2
+
 # you can add CloudFormation resource templates here
 #resources:
 #  Resources:
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-python/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-python/serverless.yml
index f4cdcb6e1..35d1e375a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-python/serverless.yml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-python/serverless.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ provider:
 #          - - "arn:aws:s3:::"
 #            - "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket"
 
+# you can define service wide environment variables here
+#  environment:
+#    variable1: value1
+
 # you can add packaging information here
 #package:
 #  include:
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ functions:
 #      - sns: greeter-topic
 #      - stream: arn:aws:dynamodb:region:XXXXXX:table/foo/stream/1970-01-01T00:00:00.000
 
+#    Define function environment variables here
+#    environment:
+#      variable2: value2
+
 # you can add CloudFormation resource templates here
 #resources:
 #  Resources:
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/serverless.yml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/serverless.yml
index 78a1e799b..e92a12c74 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/serverless.yml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/serverless.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ provider:
 #          - - "arn:aws:s3:::"
 #            - "Ref" : "ServerlessDeploymentBucket"
 
+# you can define service wide environment variables here
+#  environment:
+#    variable1: value1
+
 # you can add packaging information here
 package:
   artifact: target/scala-2.11/hello.jar
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ functions:
 #      - sns: greeter-topic
 #      - stream: arn:aws:dynamodb:region:XXXXXX:table/foo/stream/1970-01-01T00:00:00.000
 
+#    Define function environment variables here
+#    environment:
+#      variable2: value2
+
 # you can add CloudFormation resource templates here
 #resources:
 #  Resources: