diff --git a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn
index 9bceeb3482..b982588e4c 100644
--- a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3.mdwn
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rather than having git-annex pick a random one; and you can optionally
 specify `x-archive-meta*` headers to add metadata as explained in their
 [documentation](http://www.archive.org/help/abouts3.txt).
 
-	# git annex initremote archive-panama type=S3 \
+	# git annex initremote archive-panama type=S3 protocol=https \
 		host=s3.us.archive.org bucket=panama-canal-lock-blueprints \
 		x-archive-meta-mediatype=texts x-archive-meta-language=eng \
                 x-archive-meta-collection=test_collection \
diff --git a/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3/comment_4_2a2ccdfe41bc56c82eaea38fcffd1123._comment b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3/comment_4_2a2ccdfe41bc56c82eaea38fcffd1123._comment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6870bdfb40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/tips/Internet_Archive_via_S3/comment_4_2a2ccdfe41bc56c82eaea38fcffd1123._comment
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 4"""
+ date="2025-05-13T14:22:17Z"
+ content="""
+After the 2025 compromise of archive.org and its subsequent rebuild, it
+seems they have changed to require http be used with their S3 API. I was
+getting error 404 when using my internet archive special remote because of
+that. I fixed it by running:
+
+	git annex enableremote archive.org protocol=https
+"""]]