diff --git a/docs/registry.go b/docs/registry.go
index df9430230..37e107fad 100644
--- a/docs/registry.go
+++ b/docs/registry.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func validateRepositoryName(repositoryName string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Resolves a repository name to a endpoint + name
+// Resolves a repository name to a hostname + name
 func ResolveRepositoryName(reposName string) (string, string, error) {
 	if strings.Contains(reposName, "://") {
 		// It cannot contain a scheme!
@@ -117,11 +117,8 @@ func ResolveRepositoryName(reposName string) (string, string, error) {
 	if err := validateRepositoryName(reposName); err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
-	endpoint, err := ExpandAndVerifyRegistryUrl(hostname)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", "", err
-	}
-	return endpoint, reposName, err
+
+	return hostname, reposName, nil
 }
 
 // this method expands the registry name as used in the prefix of a repo
diff --git a/docs/registry_test.go b/docs/registry_test.go
index 16bc431e5..5e398f993 100644
--- a/docs/registry_test.go
+++ b/docs/registry_test.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func TestResolveRepositoryName(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	assertEqual(t, ep, "http://"+u+"/v1/", "Expected endpoint to be "+u)
+	assertEqual(t, ep, u, "Expected endpoint to be "+u)
 	assertEqual(t, repo, "private/moonbase", "Expected endpoint to be private/moonbase")
 }