diff -r a73f38d8bbdb -r a56c1b2bff18 hgext/extdiff.py
--- a/hgext/extdiff.py	Wed Mar 16 16:07:06 2011 +0100
+++ b/hgext/extdiff.py	Tue Mar 15 17:50:02 2011 -0400
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         msg = _('cannot specify --rev and --change at the same time')
         raise util.Abort(msg)
     elif change:
-        node2 = repo.lookup(change)
+        node2 = cmdutil.revsingle(repo, change, None).node()
         node1a, node1b = repo.changelog.parents(node2)
     else:
         node1a, node2 = cmdutil.revpair(repo, revs)