diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/win_splitdrive.yml b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/win_splitdrive.yml
index 828d1ddfe23..d6ad422c808 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/win_splitdrive.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/win_splitdrive.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
   short_description: Split a Windows path by the drive letter
   description:
     - Returns a list with the first component being the drive letter and the second, the rest of the path.
+    - If the path contains a drive letter, drive will contain everything up to and including the colon.
+    - If the path contains a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path, drive will contain the host name and share, up to but not including the fourth separator.
   options:
     _input:
       description: A Windows path.
@@ -13,17 +15,27 @@ DOCUMENTATION:
 
 EXAMPLES: |
 
-  # To get the last name of a file Windows path, like ['C', '\Users\asdf\foo.txt'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
+  # To get the last name of a file Windows path, like ['C:', '\Users\asdf\foo.txt'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
   {{ mypath | win_splitdrive }}
 
-  # just the drive letter
+  # To get path from UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path, like ['//host/computer', '/dir/a'] out of '//host/computer/dir/a'
+
+  # just the drive letter, like ['C:'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
+  {{ mypath | win_splitdrive | first }}
+
+  # path w/o drive letter, like ['\Users\asdf\foo.txt'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
+  {{ mypath | win_splitdrive | last }}
+
+  # just the hostname and share, like ['//host/computer'] out of '//host/computer/dir/a'
   {{ mypath | win_splitdrive | first }}
 
-  # path w/o drive letter
+  # path w/o hostname and share, like ['/dir/a'] out of '//host/computer/dir/a'
   {{ mypath | win_splitdrive | last }}
 
 RETURN:
   _value:
-    description: List in which the first element is the drive letter and the second the rest of the path.
+    description:
+    - List in which the first element is the drive letter with colon and the second the rest of the path.
+    - In case of UNC path, first element is the hostname and share and the second the rest of the path.
     type: list
     elements: str