diff --git a/tools/make_project b/tools/make_project
index 4156e33d74..6958e558a6 100755
--- a/tools/make_project
+++ b/tools/make_project
@@ -325,7 +325,8 @@ print >>open(httpd_conf_template_filename,'w'), '''
     # Note: projects/*/keys/ should NOT be readable!
 
     # in the following, the "Order" and "Allow" lines are for Apache 2.2;
-    # replace them with "Require all granted" for Apache 2.4
+    # for Apache 2.4, replace them with the single line
+    * Require all granted
 
     <Directory "%(proot)s/html">
         Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews