diff --git a/config/fail2ban-jail.cf b/config/fail2ban-jail.cf
index ce162dcf..04bd5ba6 100644
--- a/config/fail2ban-jail.cf
+++ b/config/fail2ban-jail.cf
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 # "maxretry" is the number of failures before a host get banned.
 #maxretry = 5
 
+# "ignoreip" can be a list of IP addresses, CIDR masks or DNS hosts. Fail2ban
+# will not ban a host which matches an address in this list. Several addresses
+# can be defined using space (and/or comma) separator.
+#ignoreip = 127.0.0.1/8
+
 # Default ban action
 # iptables-multiport:	block IP only on affected port
 # iptables-allports:	block IP on all ports