diff --git a/Lib/nturl2path.py b/Lib/nturl2path.py
index 31064044e73..29ea80f9d9e 100644
--- a/Lib/nturl2path.py
+++ b/Lib/nturl2path.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def pathname2url(p):
 
     drive = urllib.quote(comp[0].upper())
     components = comp[1].split('\\')
-    path = '///' + drive + '|'
+    path = '///' + drive + ':'
     for comp in components:
         if comp:
             path = path + '/' + urllib.quote(comp)