diff --git a/docs/validators/admin-guide/publishing-history-archives.mdx b/docs/validators/admin-guide/publishing-history-archives.mdx
index 3bffdbb685..69770bd28f 100644
--- a/docs/validators/admin-guide/publishing-history-archives.mdx
+++ b/docs/validators/admin-guide/publishing-history-archives.mdx
@@ -58,9 +58,6 @@ server {
 
   server_name history.example.com;
 
-  # default is to deny all
-  location / { deny all; }
-
   # do not cache 404 errors
   error_page 404 /404.html;
   location = /404.html {
@@ -70,13 +67,13 @@ server {
   # do not cache history state file
   location ~ ^/.well-known/stellar-history.json$ {
     add_header Cache-Control "no-cache" always;
-    try_files $uri;
+    try_files $uri =404;
   }
 
   # cache entire history archive for 1 day
   location / {
     add_header Cache-Control "max-age=86400";
-    try_files $uri;
+    try_files $uri =404;
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -117,9 +114,6 @@ server {
   # bucket.name s3 static site endpoint
   set $s3_bucket "bucket.name.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com";
 
-  # default is to deny all
-  location / { deny all; }
-
   # do not cache 404 errors
   error_page 404 /404.html;
   location = /404.html {