diff --git a/servers/slapd/limits.c b/servers/slapd/limits.c
index 3e0dbdc815..2c4106e79a 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/limits.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/limits.c
@@ -901,9 +901,9 @@ limits_parse_one(
 }
 
 static const char *lmpats[] = {
-	"exact",
-	"exact",
-	"onelvel",
+	"base",
+	"base",
+	"onelevel",
 	"subtree",
 	"children",
 	"regex",