diff --git a/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties b/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties
index ebec9fdf8..7b5499b0a 100644
--- a/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties
+++ b/webapp/config/example.deploy.properties
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ vitro.local.solr.url = http://localhost:8080/vitrosolr
 #      vitro.local.solr.ipaddress.mask = 127\.0\.0\.1
 #      vitro.local.solr.ipaddress.mask = 127\.0\.0\.1,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
 #      vitro.local.solr.ipaddress.mask = 169.254.*
-vitro.local.solr.ipaddress.mask = 127\.0\.0\.1,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 
+# If this expression doesn't match the IP address, you will see SolrExceptions 
+# in the log.
+vitro.local.solr.ipaddress.mask = 127\.0\.0\.1,[0:]+:1[^:]*,
+
 
 #
 # The location where the Vitro application will store the data that it creates.