1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/nturl2path.py b/Lib/nturl2path.py
index 9ecabff..255eb2f 100644
--- a/Lib/nturl2path.py
+++ b/Lib/nturl2path.py
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ def url2pathname(url):
     url = url.replace(':', '|')
     if not '|' in url:
         # No drive specifier, just convert slashes
-        if url[:4] == '////':
-            # path is something like ////host/path/on/remote/host
-            # convert this to \\host\path\on\remote\host
-            # (notice halving of slashes at the start of the path)
+        if url[:3] == '///':
+            # URL has an empty authority section, so the path begins on the
+            # third character.
             url = url[2:]
         # make sure not to convert quoted slashes :-)
         return urllib.parse.unquote(url.replace('/', '\\'))