diff --git a/url.bs b/url.bs
index 56098115..d1014263 100644
--- a/url.bs
+++ b/url.bs
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ valid input. User agents, especially conformance checkers, are encouraged to rep
      <p>Input's <a for=url>scheme</a> is missing and no <a>base URL</a> is given:
      <pre><code class=lang-javascript>
 let url = new URL("💩");</code></pre>
-     <p>Input's <a for=url>scheme</a> is missing, but the <a>base URL</a>'s
-     <a>cannot-be-a-base-URL flag</a> is set.
+     <p>Input's <a for=url>scheme</a> is missing, but the <a>base URL</a> has an
+     <a for=url>opaque path</a>.
      <pre><code class=lang-javascript>
 let url = new URL("💩", "mailto:user@example.org");</code></pre>
     </div>