diff --git a/doc/pages/administration.md b/doc/pages/administration.md
index 07b603f78c77fcf8862e45c93b4968b7cfa92091..0e1665fa83260a389493b07889a327957af5a954 100644
--- a/doc/pages/administration.md
+++ b/doc/pages/administration.md
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Below are the four scenarios that are described in
 1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`:
 
     ```ruby
-    pages_external_url "https://example.io"
+    pages_external_url "http://example.io"
     nginx['listen_addresses'] = ['1.1.1.1']
     pages_nginx['enable'] = false
     gitlab_pages['external_http'] = '1.1.1.2:80'