diff --git a/src/ripple/core/tests/Config.test.cpp b/src/ripple/core/tests/Config.test.cpp
index 23b0f27e93..b3dc0b2ce0 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/tests/Config.test.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/core/tests/Config.test.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ port_wss_admin
 [port_rpc]
 port = 5005
 ip = 127.0.0.1
-admin = allow
+admin = 127.0.0.1
 protocol = https
 
 [port_peer]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ protocol = peer
 [port_wss_admin]
 port = 6006
 ip = 127.0.0.1
-admin = allow
+admin = 127.0.0.1
 protocol = wss
 
 #[port_ws_public]
diff --git a/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp b/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
index 59813ef746..9030e316f9 100644
--- a/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/server/impl/ServerHandlerImp.cpp
@@ -585,28 +585,25 @@ parse_Port (ParsedPort& port, Section const& section, std::ostream& log)
             port.admin_ip.emplace ();
             while (std::getline (ss, ip, ','))
             {
-                beast::IP::Address const addr(
-                    beast::IP::Endpoint::from_string_altform (ip).address ());
-
-                if (addr.is_any ())
-                {
-                    has_any = true;
-                }
-                else if (is_unspecified (addr))
+                auto const addr = beast::IP::Endpoint::from_string_checked (ip);
+                if (! addr.second)
                 {
                     log << "Invalid value '" << ip << "' for key 'admin' in ["
-                        << section.name() << "]\n";
+                        << section.name () << "]\n";
                     throw std::exception ();
                 }
 
+                if (is_unspecified (addr.first))
+                    has_any = true;
+
                 if (has_any && ! port.admin_ip->empty ())
                 {
-                    log << "IP specified with 0.0.0.0 '" << ip <<
+                    log << "IP specified along with 0.0.0.0 '" << ip <<
                         "' for key 'admin' in [" << section.name () << "]\n";
                     throw std::exception ();
                 }
 
-                port.admin_ip->emplace_back (addr);
+                port.admin_ip->emplace_back (addr.first.address ());
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/config-example.js b/test/config-example.js
index 66c146c999..08703f2de3 100644
--- a/test/config-example.js
+++ b/test/config-example.js
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ exports.servers = {
 
     'port_admin_http': lines('port = 5005',
                              'ip = 127.0.0.1',
-                             'admin = allow',
+                             'admin = 127.0.0.1',
                              'protocol = http'),
 
     'port_admin_ws': lines('port = 5006',
                            'ip = 127.0.0.1',
-                           'admin = allow',
+                           'admin = 127.0.0.1',
                            'protocol = ws'),
 
     'node_db': lines('type=memory',