From 710ca576816fe90c15a7e62f95074ff0bbd77f0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Zapletal <adamzap@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 23:01:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [5.0.x] Fixed #25595 -- Doc'd that URLValidator rejects
 file:// URIs without a host.

Backport of 7326513a8f5d4d4e0aeec28540f9451b939b1dda from main
---
 docs/ref/validators.txt | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/ref/validators.txt b/docs/ref/validators.txt
index 8323b55909..ecb0daa96f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/validators.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/validators.txt
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ to, or in lieu of custom ``field.clean()`` methods.
 
         .. _valid URI schemes: https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/uri-schemes.xhtml
 
+        .. warning::
+
+            Values starting with ``file:///`` will not pass validation even
+            when the ``file`` scheme is provided. Valid values must contain a
+            host.
+
     .. attribute:: max_length
 
         .. versionadded:: 3.2.20