diff --git a/website/docs/outposts/proxy/forward_auth.mdx b/website/docs/outposts/proxy/forward_auth.mdx
index 8550f82f8..176112771 100644
--- a/website/docs/outposts/proxy/forward_auth.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/outposts/proxy/forward_auth.mdx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import TabItem from '@theme/TabItem';
     location @akprox_signin {
       internal;
       add_header Set-Cookie $auth_cookie;
-      return 302 /akprox/start?rd=$escaped_request_uri;
+      return 302 /akprox/start?rd=$request_uri;
     }
 
     location / {