diff -r 23144f06919c -r de7e2fba4326 mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Nov 07 03:25:10 2011 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Nov 07 03:25:10 2011 +0100
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@
     """
 
     _safechars = "!~*'()+"
-    _safepchars = "/!~*'()+"
+    _safepchars = "/!~*'()+:"
     _matchscheme = re.compile(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9+.\-]+:').match
 
     def __init__(self, path, parsequery=True, parsefragment=True):
@@ -1608,8 +1608,8 @@
 
         Examples:
 
-        >>> str(url('http://user:pw@host:80/?foo#bar'))
-        'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo#bar'
+        >>> str(url('http://user:pw@host:80/c:/bob?fo:oo#ba:ar'))
+        'http://user:pw@host:80/c:/bob?fo:oo#ba:ar'
         >>> str(url('http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar&baz=42'))
         'http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar&baz=42'
         >>> str(url('http://user:pw@host:80/?foo=bar%3dbaz'))