diff --git a/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/details-renderer.js b/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/details-renderer.js
index a7686a535f89..5099c1922845 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/details-renderer.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/details-renderer.js
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class DetailsRenderer {
     const url = text.text || '';
 
     let displayedPath;
-    let displayedHost = '';
+    let displayedHost;
     let title;
     try {
       const parsed = Util.parseURL(url);
@@ -85,16 +85,16 @@ class DetailsRenderer {
     element.appendChild(this._renderText({
       text: displayedPath,
     }));
-    const hostElem = this._renderText({
-      text: displayedHost,
-    });
-    hostElem.classList.add('lh-text__url-host');
-    element.appendChild(hostElem);
-
-    if (title) {
-      element.title = url;
+
+    if (displayedHost) {
+      const hostElem = this._renderText({
+        text: displayedHost,
+      });
+      hostElem.classList.add('lh-text__url-host');
+      element.appendChild(hostElem);
     }
 
+    if (title) element.title = url;
     return element;
   }
 
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/util.js b/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/util.js
index 78879df3c78c..f97925118905 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/util.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/report/v2/renderer/util.js
@@ -147,15 +147,15 @@ class Util {
     }
 
     const MAX_LENGTH = 64;
-    // Always elide git hash
+    // Always elide hexadecimal hash
     name = name.replace(/([a-f0-9]{7})[a-f0-9]{13}[a-f0-9]*/g, `$1${ELLIPSIS}`);
-    // Also elide other hash-like mixed-case strings // lol this is crazy
+    // Also elide other hash-like mixed-case strings
     name = name.replace(/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]{9})(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[0-9])[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{10,}/g,
         `$1${ELLIPSIS}`);
     // Also elide long number sequences
     name = name.replace(/(\d{3})\d{6,}/g, `$1${ELLIPSIS}`);
     // Merge any adjacent ellipses
-    name = name.replace(/\u2026+/g, '\u2026');
+    name = name.replace(/\u2026+/g, ELLIPSIS);
 
     // Elide query params first
     if (name.length > MAX_LENGTH && name.includes('?')) {