--- a/pvl/backup/rsync.py	Sun Apr 22 13:38:53 2012 +0300
+++ b/pvl/backup/rsync.py	Sun Apr 22 13:42:42 2012 +0300
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 
         return RSyncLVMServer(volume, **lvm_opts)
 
-    elif ':/' in path :
+    elif ':' in path :
         host, path = path.split(':', 1)
 
         # remote host
@@ -290,5 +290,5 @@
        
     else :
         # invalid
-        raise RSyncCommandFormatError("Unrecognized backup path")
+        raise RSyncCommandFormatError("Unrecognized backup path: {path}".format(path=path))