diff --git a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/How_Tos/02_Create_a_Google_Maps_Shortcode.md b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/How_Tos/02_Create_a_Google_Maps_Shortcode.md
index 2d6f0b38c..dd9dd54a4 100644
--- a/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/How_Tos/02_Create_a_Google_Maps_Shortcode.md
+++ b/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/05_Extending/How_Tos/02_Create_a_Google_Maps_Shortcode.md
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ use SilverStripe\View\Parsers\ShortcodeParser;
  
 ShortcodeParser::get('default')->register('googlemap', function($arguments, $address, $parser, $shortcode) {
     $iframeUrl = sprintf(
-        'http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s&hnear=%s&ie=UTF8&hq=&t=m&z=14&output=embed',
+        '%s://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s&hnear=%s&ie=UTF8&hq=&t=m&z=14&output=embed',
+        (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) ? 'https': 'http',
         urlencode($address),
         urlencode($address)
     );