Just want some clarification on Drafts archiving

I've been recommended to turn off Drafts archiving due to a number of 3438 error that come from them. I was just about to do so, but then saw this in the description and need some clarification:

"If the policy specifies shortcut creation, draft items are treated as shortcuts for the purposes of shortcut deletion".

Thinking about it, this should be clear, but I need to know: this means that only if Drafts ARE being archived will they be removed according to the shortcut policy? My understanding: If Drafts are NOT being archived, then EV will do nothing with them, regardless of the shortcut policy.

Is my understanding correct?

Thanks as always,

Richard