diff --git a/content/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/securing-http-traffic-upstream.md b/content/nginx/admin-guide/security-controls/securing-http-traffic-upstream.md
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ You will also need to configure the upstream servers to require client certifica
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 ## Configuring NGINX
 
-First, change the URL to an upstream group to support SSL connections. Specify the “https” protocol for the proxied server in the NGINX configuration file. Alternatively, [in the proxy_pass](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_pass) directive, specify an upstream group.
+First, change the URL to an upstream group to support SSL connections. In the NGINX configuration file, specify the `https` protocol in the [proxy_pass](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_proxy_module.html#proxy_pass) directive:
 
 ```nginx
 location /upstream {