diff --git a/internal/config/trusted_proxies_internal_test.go b/internal/config/trusted_proxies_internal_test.go
index b2593c0..ae61bfd 100644
--- a/internal/config/trusted_proxies_internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/trusted_proxies_internal_test.go
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-// TestTrustedProxiesConfig checks the trusted_proxies key wiring: a valid
-// CIDR list lands in TrustedProxies in order, and an omitted key trusts no
-// one. The list parser itself is shared with blocked_networks and is
-// exercised in depth by that key's tests.
+// TestTrustedProxiesConfig checks the trusted_proxies key wiring: an
+// explicit CIDR list lands in TrustedProxies in order and replaces the
+// default, an omitted key falls back to the RFC 1918 private ranges, and an
+// explicitly empty list trusts no one. The list parser itself is shared with
+// blocked_networks and is exercised in depth by that key's tests.
 func TestTrustedProxiesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	t.Run("valid list is parsed in order", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("explicit list replaces the default in order", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
 		c, err := configFromYAML(t,
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ func TestTrustedProxiesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	t.Run("omitted key trusts no one", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("omitted key defaults to the RFC 1918 ranges", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
 		c, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine)
@@ -39,6 +40,25 @@ func TestTrustedProxiesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("minimal config should load: %v", err)
 		}
 
+		got := make([]string, len(c.TrustedProxies))
+		for i, p := range c.TrustedProxies {
+			got[i] = p.String()
+		}
+
+		want := "10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16"
+		if joined := strings.Join(got, ","); joined != want {
+			t.Errorf("TrustedProxies = %v, want the RFC 1918 ranges %q", got, want)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("explicitly empty list trusts no one", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		c, err := configFromYAML(t, signingKeyLine+"trusted_proxies: []\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("empty trusted_proxies should load: %v", err)
+		}
+
 		if len(c.TrustedProxies) != 0 {
 			t.Errorf("TrustedProxies = %v, want empty", c.TrustedProxies)
 		}