diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 89f51cb8..0cc64cd5 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ Proxmox `provider` block:
 
 - `endpoint` - (Required) The endpoint for the Proxmox Virtual Environment
   API (can also be sourced from `PROXMOX_VE_ENDPOINT`). Usually this is
-  `https://<your-cluster-endpoint>:8006/`.
+  `https://<your-cluster-endpoint>:8006/`. **Do not** include `/api2/json` at
+  the end.
 - `insecure` - (Optional) Whether to skip the TLS verification step (can
   also be sourced from `PROXMOX_VE_INSECURE`). If omitted, defaults
   to `false`.
diff --git a/proxmox/api/client.go b/proxmox/api/client.go
index 17e11e38..11227b5d 100644
--- a/proxmox/api/client.go
+++ b/proxmox/api/client.go
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ func NewConnection(endpoint string, insecure bool) (*Connection, error) {
 		transport = logging.NewLoggingHTTPTransport(transport)
 	}
 
+	// make sure the path does not contain "/api2/json"
+	u.Path = ""
+
 	return &Connection{
 		endpoint: strings.TrimRight(u.String(), "/"),
 		httpClient: &http.Client{