diff --git a/doc/admin/installation/docker_smallscale.rst b/doc/admin/installation/docker_smallscale.rst
index adbcb9d95b..6c5f2a85a5 100644
--- a/doc/admin/installation/docker_smallscale.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/installation/docker_smallscale.rst
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ The following snippet is an example on how to configure a nginx proxy for pretix
         listen 80 default_server;
         listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on default_server;
         server_name pretix.mydomain.com;
+        location / {
+            return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+        }
     }
     server {
         listen 443 default_server;
diff --git a/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst b/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst
index 02e33e5bde..51870878ae 100644
--- a/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst
+++ b/doc/admin/installation/manual_smallscale.rst
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ The following snippet is an example on how to configure a nginx proxy for pretix
         listen 80 default_server;
         listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on default_server;
         server_name pretix.mydomain.com;
+        location / {
+            return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
+        }
     }
     server {
         listen 443 default_server;