diff --git a/changelog.d/4870.misc b/changelog.d/4870.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f287b7d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/4870.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update Apache setup to remove location syntax. Thanks to @cwmke!
diff --git a/docs/reverse_proxy.rst b/docs/reverse_proxy.rst
index 8e26c50f1..cc81ceb84 100644
--- a/docs/reverse_proxy.rst
+++ b/docs/reverse_proxy.rst
@@ -69,20 +69,16 @@ Let's assume that we expect clients to connect to our server at
           SSLEngine on
           ServerName matrix.example.com;
 
-          <Location /_matrix>
-              ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
-              ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
-          </Location>
+          ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
+          ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
       </VirtualHost>
 
       <VirtualHost *:8448>
           SSLEngine on
           ServerName example.com;
-
-          <Location /_matrix>
-              ProxyPass http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
-              ProxyPassReverse http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
-          </Location>
+          
+          ProxyPass /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix nocanon
+          ProxyPassReverse /_matrix http://127.0.0.1:8008/_matrix
       </VirtualHost>
 
 * HAProxy::