diff --git a/docs/guides/server/outgoinghttp.adoc b/docs/guides/server/outgoinghttp.adoc
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ For example, consider the following regex:
 
 [source]
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-*\.(google|googleapis)\.com
+.*\.(google|googleapis)\.com
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 You apply a regex-based hostname pattern by entering this command: