diff --git a/reference/phar/Phar/mount.xml b/reference/phar/Phar/mount.xml
index d39096fb2d..bccd685b88 100644
--- a/reference/phar/Phar/mount.xml
+++ b/reference/phar/Phar/mount.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The internal path within the phar archive to use as the mounted path location.
-       If executed within a phar archive, this may be a relative path, otherwise this must
-       be a full <literal>phar</literal> URL.
+       This must be a relative path within the phar archive, and must not already exist.
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ $configuration = simplexml_load_string(file_get_contents(
 <?php
 // first set up the association between the abstract config.xml
 // and the actual one on disk
-Phar::mount('phar:///path/to/archive.phar/config.xml', '/home/example/config.xml');
+Phar::mount('phar://config.xml', '/home/example/config.xml');
 // now run the application
 include '/path/to/archive.phar';
 ?>