diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-benchmark-2.5/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-benchmark-2.5/_index.md
index 02b34e42fdb..4fed8f40550 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-benchmark-2.5/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-benchmark-2.5/_index.md
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ on the master node and ensure the correct value for the `--bind-address` paramet
 **Expected result**:
 
 ```
-'--bind-address' is present OR '--bind-address' is not present
+'--bind-address' argument is set to 127.0.0.1
 ```
 
 ### 1.4 Scheduler
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ on the master node and ensure the correct value for the `--bind-address` paramet
 **Expected result**:
 
 ```
-'--bind-address' is present OR '--bind-address' is not present
+'--bind-address' argument is set to 127.0.0.1
 ```
 
 ## 2 Etcd Node Configuration
diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-hardening-2.5/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-hardening-2.5/_index.md
index 26907ab28b6..491aec9c080 100644
--- a/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-hardening-2.5/_index.md
+++ b/content/rancher/v2.5/en/security/rancher-2.5/1.5-hardening-2.5/_index.md
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ rancher_kubernetes_engine_config:
       service_node_port_range: 30000-32767
     kube_controller:
       extra_args:
+        bind-address: 127.0.0.1
         address: 127.0.0.1
         feature-gates: RotateKubeletServerCertificate=true
         profiling: 'false'
@@ -685,6 +686,7 @@ rancher_kubernetes_engine_config:
       generate_serving_certificate: true
     scheduler:
       extra_args:
+        bind-address: 127.0.0.1
         address: 127.0.0.1
         profiling: 'false'
   ssh_agent_auth: false