diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a0c391f..1c16267 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -166,13 +166,15 @@ locked. For example::
 
 LOCKDOWN_REMOTE_ADDR_EXCEPTIONS
 -------------------------------
-An optional list addresses to be matched agains incomming
- `requests.META['REMOTE_ADDR']`. If IP is in this list, it will not be locked. For example::
 
-    LOCKDOWN_REMOTE_ADDR = (
-        '192.168.0.1',
+An optional list of IP-addresses to be matched against the requesting
+IP-address (from `requests.META['REMOTE_ADDR']`). If the requesting IP-address
+is in this list, it will not be locked. For example::
+
+    LOCKDOWN_REMOTE_ADDR_EXCEPTIONS = [
         '127.0.0.1',
-    )
+        '::1',
+    ]
 
 LOCKDOWN_UNTIL
 --------------
diff --git a/lockdown/middleware.py b/lockdown/middleware.py
index 748ff9a..314c21c 100644
--- a/lockdown/middleware.py
+++ b/lockdown/middleware.py
@@ -82,15 +82,16 @@ def process_request(self, request):
         if settings.ENABLED is False:
             return None
 
-        # Don't lock down if the client REMOTE_ADDR matched and exception
+        # Don't lock down if the client REMOTE_ADDR matched and is part of the
+        # exception list.
         if self.remote_addr_exceptions:
             remote_addr_exceptions = self.remote_addr_exceptions
         else:
             remote_addr_exceptions = settings.REMOTE_ADDR_EXCEPTIONS
 
-        if remote_addr_exceptions:
-            if request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR') in remote_addr_exceptions:
-                return None
+        if remote_addr_exceptions and \
+                request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR') in remote_addr_exceptions:
+            return None
 
         # Don't lock down if the URL matches an exception pattern.
         if self.url_exceptions:
diff --git a/lockdown/tests/tests.py b/lockdown/tests/tests.py
index edb99d7..3785b2d 100644
--- a/lockdown/tests/tests.py
+++ b/lockdown/tests/tests.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def test_global_disable(self):
         self.assertEqual(response.content, self.locked_contents)
 
     @patch('lockdown.tests.tests.middleware.settings.URL_EXCEPTIONS',
-           [r'/view/$'])
+           (r'/view/$',))
     def test_url_exceptions(self):
         """Test that a page isn't locked when its URL is in the exception list.
 
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ def test_remote_addr_exception_lock(self):
         The excepted IP are determined by the
         LOCKDOWN_REMOTE_ADDR_EXCEPTIONS setting
         """
-        response = self.client.get(self.locked_url, REMOTE_ADDR='192.168.0.100')
+        response = self.client.get(self.locked_url,
+                                   REMOTE_ADDR='192.168.0.100')
         self.assertNotEqual(response.content, self.locked_contents)
 
     @patch('lockdown.tests.tests.middleware.settings.REMOTE_ADDR_EXCEPTIONS',
diff --git a/lockdown/tests/views.py b/lockdown/tests/views.py
index a9c987b..a71caeb 100644
--- a/lockdown/tests/views.py
+++ b/lockdown/tests/views.py
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ def locked_view_with_exception(request):
     return HttpResponse('A locked view.')
 
 
-@lockdown(remote_addr_exceptions=('192.168.0.1',))
+@lockdown(remote_addr_exceptions=['192.168.0.1'])
 def locked_view_with_ip_exception(request):
+    """View, locked except for the configured IP-address."""
     return HttpResponse('A locked view.')