diff --git a/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md b/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md
index d9818fcaf..11d540bde 100644
--- a/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md
+++ b/content/en/functions/abslangurl.md
@@ -1,27 +1,61 @@
---
title: absLangURL
-description: Adds the absolute URL with correct language prefix according to site configuration for multilingual.
-date: 2017-02-01
-publishdate: 2017-02-01
-lastmod: 2017-02-01
+description: Returns an absolute URL with a language prefix, if any.
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
- parent: "functions"
-keywords: [multilingual,i18n,urls]
+ parent: functions
+keywords: [urls, multilingual,i18n]
signature: ["absLangURL INPUT"]
-workson: []
-hugoversion:
-relatedfuncs: [relLangURL]
-deprecated: false
-aliases: []
---
-Both `absLangURL` and [`relLangURL`](/functions/rellangurl/) are similar to their [`absURL`](/functions/absurl/) and [`relURL`](/functions/relurl) relatives but will add the correct language prefix when the site is configured with more than one language.
+Use this function with both monolingual and multilingual configurations. The URL returned by this function depends on:
-So for a site `baseURL` set to `https://example.com/hugo/` and the current language is `en`:
+- Whether the input begins with a slash
+- The `baseURL` in site configuration
+- The language prefix, if any
+In examples that follow, the project is multilingual with content in both Español (`es`) and English (`en`). The default language is Español. The returned values are from the English site.
+
+### Input does not begin with a slash
+
+If the input does not begin with a slash, the resulting URL will be correct regardless of the `baseURL`.
+
+With `baseURL = https://example.org/`
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ absLangURL "" }} → https://example.org/en/
+{{ absLangURL "articles" }} → https://example.org/en/articles
+{{ absLangURL "style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css
```
-{{ "blog/" | absLangURL }} → "https://example.com/hugo/en/blog/"
-{{ "blog/" | relLangURL }} → "/hugo/en/blog/"
+
+With `baseURL = https://example.org/docs/`
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ absLangURL "" }} → https://example.org/docs/en/
+{{ absLangURL "articles" }} → https://example.org/docs/en/articles
+{{ absLangURL "style.css" }} → https://example.org/docs/en/style.css
```
+
+### Input begins with a slash
+
+If the input begins with a slash, the resulting URL will be incorrect when the `baseURL` includes a subdirectory. With a leading slash, the function returns a URL relative to the protocol+host section of the `baseURL`.
+
+With `baseURL = https://example.org/`
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ absLangURL "/" }} → https://example.org/en/
+{{ absLangURL "/articles" }} → https://example.org/en/articles
+{{ absLangURL "/style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css
+```
+
+With `baseURL = https://example.org/docs/`
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ absLangURL "/" }} → https://example.org/en/
+{{ absLangURL "/articles" }} → https://example.org/en/articles
+{{ absLangURL "/style.css" }} → https://example.org/en/style.css
+
+{{% note %}}
+The last three examples are not desirable in most situations. As a best practice, never include a leading slash when using this function.
+{{% /note %}}
diff --git a/content/en/functions/absurl.md b/content/en/functions/absurl.md
index 808cc00d8..efea2df75 100644
--- a/content/en/functions/absurl.md
+++ b/content/en/functions/absurl.md
@@ -1,50 +1,61 @@
---
title: absURL
-description: Creates an absolute URL based on the configured baseURL.
-date: 2017-02-01
-publishdate: 2017-02-01
-lastmod: 2017-02-01
+description: Returns an absolute URL.
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
- parent: "functions"
+ parent: functions
keywords: [urls]
signature: ["absURL INPUT"]
-workson: []
-hugoversion:
-relatedfuncs: [relURL]
-deprecated: false
-aliases: []
---
-Both `absURL` and `relURL` consider the configured value of `baseURL` in your site's [`config` file][configuration]. Given a `baseURL` set to `https://example.com/hugo/`:
+With multilingual configurations, use the [`absLangURL`] function instead. The URL returned by this function depends on:
-```
-{{ "mystyle.css" | absURL }} → "https://example.com/hugo/mystyle.css"
-{{ "mystyle.css" | relURL }} → "/hugo/mystyle.css"
-{{ "http://gohugo.io/" | relURL }} → "http://gohugo.io/"
-{{ "http://gohugo.io/" | absURL }} → "http://gohugo.io/"
+- Whether the input begins with a slash
+- The `baseURL` in site configuration
+
+### Input does not begin with a slash
+
+If the input does not begin with a slash, the resulting URL will be correct regardless of the `baseURL`.
+
+With `baseURL = https://example.org/`
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ absURL "" }} → https://example.org/
+{{ absURL "articles" }} → https://example.org/articles
+{{ absURL "style.css" }} → https://example.org/style.css
```
-The last two examples may look strange but can be very useful. For example, the following shows how to use `absURL` in [JSON-LD structured data (SEO)][jsonld], where some of your images for a piece of content may or may not be hosted locally:
+With `baseURL = https://example.org/docs/`
-{{< code file="layouts/partials/schemaorg-metadata.html" download="schemaorg-metadata.html" >}}
-
-{{< /code >}}
+```go-html-template
+{{ absURL "" }} → https://example.org/docs/
+{{ absURL "articles" }} → https://example.org/docs/articles
+{{ absURL "style.css" }} → https://example.org/docs/style.css
+```
-The above uses the [apply function][] and also exposes how the Go template parser JSON-encodes objects inside `
-{{< /code >}}
+```go-html-template
+{{ relURL "" }} → /docs/
+{{ relURL "articles" }} → /docs/articles
+{{ relURL "style.css" }} → /docs/style.css
+```
-The above uses the [apply function][] and also exposes how the Go template parser JSON-encodes objects inside `