diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/google/android/sambadocumentsprovider/mount/MountServerActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/google/android/sambadocumentsprovider/mount/MountServerActivity.java
index faccc5c..dbe3f42 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/google/android/sambadocumentsprovider/mount/MountServerActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/google/android/sambadocumentsprovider/mount/MountServerActivity.java
@@ -362,6 +362,9 @@ public class MountServerActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     final String path = mSharePathEditText.getText().toString();
     if (path.startsWith("\\")) {
       // Possibly Windows share path
+      if (path.length() == 1) {
+        return null;
+      }
       final int endCharacter = path.endsWith("\\") ? path.length() - 1 : path.length();
       final String[] components = path.substring(2, endCharacter).split("\\\\");
       return components.length == 2 ? components : null;
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 86bc0e0..338d472 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <resources>
   <string name="app_name">Android Samba Client</string>
 
-  <string name="share_path">Share Path</string>
+  <string name="share_path">Share Path e.g. smb://server/share</string>
   <string name="domain">Domain</string>
   <string name="username">Username</string>
   <string name="password">Password</string>