diff --git a/caddy.go b/caddy.go
index 6517ab8f..2869ed42 100644
--- a/caddy.go
+++ b/caddy.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func listenerAddrEqual(ln net.Listener, addr string) bool {
 }
 
 // TCPServer is a type that can listen and serve connections.
-// A TCPServer must associate with exactly or one net.Listeners.
+// A TCPServer must associate with exactly zero or one net.Listeners.
 type TCPServer interface {
 	// Listen starts listening by creating a new listener
 	// and returning it. It does not start accepting
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ type TCPServer interface {
 }
 
 // UDPServer is a type that can listen and serve packets.
-// A UDPServer must associate with exactly or one net.PacketConns.
+// A UDPServer must associate with exactly zero or one net.PacketConns.
 type UDPServer interface {
 	// ListenPacket starts listening by creating a new packetconn
 	// and returning it. It does not start accepting connections.
diff --git a/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin.go b/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin.go
index 61f46de6..151e04f8 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin.go
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ func (a Address) VHost() string {
 }
 
 // standardizeAddress parses an address string into a structured format with separate
-// scheme, host, and port portions, as well as the original input string.
+// scheme, host, port, and path portions, as well as the original input string.
 func standardizeAddress(str string) (Address, error) {
 	input := str
 
 	// Split input into components (prepend with // to assert host by default)
-	if !strings.Contains(str, "//") {
+	if !strings.Contains(str, "//") && !strings.HasPrefix(str, "/") {
 		str = "//" + str
 	}
 	u, err := url.Parse(str)
diff --git a/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin_test.go b/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin_test.go
index d5a7bf7e..b079a447 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin_test.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/httpserver/plugin_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func TestStandardizeAddress(t *testing.T) {
 		{`https://host:443/path/foo`, "https", "host", "443", "/path/foo", false},
 		{`host:80/path`, "", "host", "80", "/path", false},
 		{`host:https/path`, "https", "host", "443", "/path", false},
+		{`/path`, "", "", "", "/path", false},
 	} {
 		actual, err := standardizeAddress(test.input)