diff --git a/content/includes/config-snippets/enable-nplus-api-dashboard.md b/content/includes/config-snippets/enable-nplus-api-dashboard.md
index c43c9297f..fb073ed6b 100644
--- a/content/includes/config-snippets/enable-nplus-api-dashboard.md
+++ b/content/includes/config-snippets/enable-nplus-api-dashboard.md
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ server {
         # Enable API in write mode
         api write=on;
 
-        # To restrict access by network, uncomment and set your network:
+        # To restrict access by network, uncomment the following lines and set your network:
         # allow 192.0.2.0/24;   # replace with your network
+        # allow 127.0.0.1/32;   # allow local NGINX Agent to call the NGINX Plus API to retrieve metrics
         # deny  all;
     }