1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/uri/generic.rb b/lib/uri/generic.rb
index 69698c4e2d..bdd366661e 100644
--- a/lib/uri/generic.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/generic.rb
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ module URI
     # == Description
     #
     # URI has components listed in order of decreasing significance from left to right,
-    # see RFC3986 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 1.2.3.
+    # see RFC3986 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986 1.2.3.
     #
     # == Usage
     #
@@ -1364,6 +1364,9 @@ module URI
           str << ':'
           str << @port.to_s
         end
+        if (@host || @port) && !@path.empty? && !@path.start_with?('/')
+          str << '/'
+        end
         str << @path
         if @query
           str << '?'
@@ -1376,6 +1379,7 @@ module URI
       end
       str
     end
+    alias to_str to_s
 
     #
     # Compares two URIs.
@@ -1398,19 +1402,6 @@ module URI
       self.component_ary.eql?(oth.component_ary)
     end
 
-=begin
-
---- URI::Generic#===(oth)
-
-=end
-#    def ===(oth)
-#      raise NotImplementedError
-#    end
-
-=begin
-=end
-
-
     # Returns an Array of the components defined from the COMPONENT Array.
     def component_ary
       component.collect do |x|