Backport of 7326513a8f5d4d4e0aeec28540f9451b939b1dda from main
@@ -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