diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
index 3586f26d937..ee9fdbd2744 100644
--- a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
+++ b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -1425,7 +1425,10 @@ admin = 127.0.0.1
 protocol = http
 
 [port_peer]
-port = 2459
+# Many servers still use the legacy port of 51235, so for backward-compatibility
+# we maintain that port number here. However, for new servers we recommend
+# changing this to the default port of 2459.
+port = 51235
 ip = 0.0.0.0
 # alternatively, to accept connections on IPv4 + IPv6, use:
 #ip = ::