diff --git a/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng b/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng
index 8bc5907865..5da8e1febc 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/storagevol.rng
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@
     <element name='target'>
       <optional>
         <element name='path'>
-          <data type='anyURI'/>
+          <choice>
+            <data type='anyURI'/>
+            <ref name='absFilePath'/>
+          </choice>
         </element>
       </optional>
       <ref name='format'/>