diff --git a/docs/deployment/ssl-configuration.md b/docs/deployment/ssl-configuration.md
index 0b646952b0a..96df89a44cd 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/ssl-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/ssl-configuration.md
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ Your application has access to the HTTP headers `X-Forwarded-Proto`, `X-Forwarde
 If your server runs behind an HTTP/S load balancer, then Nginx will see all requests as coming from the load balancer. If your load balancer sets the `X-Forwarded-` headers, you can tell Nginx to pass these headers from load balancer to your application by using the following [nginx custom template](/dokku/nginx/#customizing-the-nginx-configuration)
 
 ```shell
+upstream {{ .APP }} {
+{{ range .DOKKU_APP_LISTENERS | split " " }}
+  server {{ . }};
+{{ end }}
+}
+
 server {
   listen      [::]:{{ .NGINX_PORT }};
   listen      {{ .NGINX_PORT }};
@@ -128,12 +134,6 @@ server {
     proxy_set_header X-Request-Start $msec;
   }
   include {{ .DOKKU_ROOT }}/{{ .APP }}/nginx.conf.d/*.conf;
-
-  upstream {{ .APP }} {
-  {{ range .DOKKU_APP_LISTENERS | split " " }}
-    server {{ . }};
-  {{ end }}
-  }
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/nginx.md b/docs/nginx.md
index 2dec30f3516..7fecf892a43 100644
--- a/docs/nginx.md
+++ b/docs/nginx.md
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Dokku uses a templating library by the name of [sigil](https://github.com/glider
 
 ### Example Custom Template
 ```
+upstream {{ .APP }} {
+{{ range .DOKKU_APP_LISTENERS | split " " }}
+  server {{ . }};
+{{ end }}
+}
 server {
   listen      [::]:{{ .NGINX_PORT }};
   listen      {{ .NGINX_PORT }};
@@ -42,12 +47,6 @@ server {
     proxy_set_header X-Request-Start $msec;
   }
   include {{ .DOKKU_ROOT }}/{{ .APP }}/nginx.conf.d/*.conf;
-
-  upstream {{ .APP }} {
-  {{ range .DOKKU_APP_LISTENERS | split " " }}
-    server {{ . }};
-  {{ end }}
-  }
 }
 ```