diff --git a/nginx.example.conf b/nginx.example.conf
index afb24c53d..bb546a6d3 100644
--- a/nginx.example.conf
+++ b/nginx.example.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ server {
 
   root /usr/share/nginx/html;
 
+  # Relative Location on every redirect nginx sends (directory slash, `return`):
+  # TLS ends at the upstream proxy, so an absolute one would point at http://.
+  absolute_redirect off;
+
   # ── Baseline security headers ──────────────────────────────────────────────
   # `always` ensures the headers are emitted on error responses (4xx/5xx) too.
   add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;