Fix Issue10226 - Clarifying the role of the netloc separator.
diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
index 7c6eaa6..a15ff47 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@
>>> o.geturl()
'http://www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html'
- If the scheme value is not specified, urlparse expects the netloc value to
- start with '//', following the syntax specifications from :rfc:`1808`.
- Otherwise, it is not possible to distinguish between netloc and path
- components, and would the indistinguishable component would be classified
- as the path as in a relative URL.
+ Following the syntax specifications in :rfc:`1808`, urlparse recognizes
+ a netloc only if it is properly introduced by '//'. Otherwise the
+ input is presumed to be a relative URL and thus to start with
+ a path component.
>>> from urlparse import urlparse
>>> urlparse('//www.cwi.nl:80/%7Eguido/Python.html')