diff --git a/examples/paid-relay/.env.example b/examples/paid-relay/.env.example
index 087ac21..f40f20a 100644
--- a/examples/paid-relay/.env.example
+++ b/examples/paid-relay/.env.example
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 
 SERVER_HOST=127.0.0.1
 SERVER_PORT=8081
+# ADMIN_BIND defaults to 127.0.0.1:8081, which is the SAME port as SERVER_PORT
+# above. With the admin plane enabled the process fails to start with
+# "Address already in use". Move it rather than moving SERVER_PORT, so the
+# nginx config in this example keeps working.
+ADMIN_BIND=127.0.0.1:8091
 # REQUIRED: replace with YOUR real https domain. The your-domain.example placeholder
 # is rejected at boot in production (Nostr identity is on by default).
 PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api.your-domain.example/api/v1
diff --git a/examples/public-free/.env.example b/examples/public-free/.env.example
index 6534ba8..dcaa314 100644
--- a/examples/public-free/.env.example
+++ b/examples/public-free/.env.example
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 
 SERVER_HOST=127.0.0.1
 SERVER_PORT=8081
+# ADMIN_BIND defaults to 127.0.0.1:8081, which is the SAME port as SERVER_PORT
+# above. With the admin plane enabled the process fails to start with
+# "Address already in use". Move it rather than moving SERVER_PORT, so the
+# nginx config in this example keeps working.
+ADMIN_BIND=127.0.0.1:8091
 # REQUIRED: replace with YOUR real https domain. The your-domain.example placeholder
 # is rejected at boot in production (Nostr identity is on by default).
 PUBLIC_API_URL=https://api.your-domain.example/api/v1