diff -r c2435280ca63 -r 05dd091dfa6a mercurial/httppeer.py
--- a/mercurial/httppeer.py	Tue Feb 02 07:02:25 2021 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/httppeer.py	Tue Feb 09 09:37:39 2021 -0800
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@
         # Send arguments via HTTP headers.
         if headersize > 0:
             # The headers can typically carry more data than the URL.
-            encargs = urlreq.urlencode(sorted(args.items()))
+            encoded_args = urlreq.urlencode(sorted(args.items()))
             for header, value in encodevalueinheaders(
-                encargs, b'X-HgArg', headersize
+                encoded_args, b'X-HgArg', headersize
             ):
                 headers[header] = value
         # Send arguments via query string (Mercurial <1.9).