Improve news in light of pythonGH-127217

barneygale · Nov 24, 2024 · 5396ef2 · 5396ef2
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diff --git a/Lib/nturl2path.py b/Lib/nturl2path.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def pathname2url(p):
             drive = f'///{drive}'
         drive = urllib.parse.quote(drive, safe='/:')
     elif root:
-        # Path has a root but no drive. Add an authority section.
+        # Add explicitly empty authority to path beginning with one slash.
         root = f'//{root}'
 
     tail = urllib.parse.quote(tail)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-12-25-06.gh-issue-125866.wEOP66.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-11-23-12-25-06.gh-issue-125866.wEOP66.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 :func:`urllib.request.pathname2url` now adds an empty authority when
-generating a URL for an absolute POSIX path. For example, the path
-``/etc/hosts`` is converted to the scheme-less URL ``///etc/hosts``. As a
-result of this change, URLs without authorities are only generated for
+generating a URL for a path that begins with exactly one slash. For example,
+the path ``/etc/hosts`` is converted to the scheme-less URL ``///etc/hosts``.
+As a result of this change, URLs without authorities are only generated for
 relative paths.