diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java
index 44160c0d1..206cc823a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/URIish.java
@@ -63,16 +63,23 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 public class URIish implements Serializable {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-	private static final Pattern FULL_URI = Pattern
-			.compile("^(?:([a-z][a-z0-9+-]+)://" // optional http://
-					+ "(?:([^/]+?)(?::([^/]+?))?@)?" // optional user:password@
-					+ "(?:([^/]+?))?(?::(\\d+))?)?" // optional example.com:1337
-					+ "((?:[A-Za-z]:)?" // optional drive-letter:
-					+ "(?:\\.\\.)?" // optionally a relative path
-					+"/.+)$"); // /anything
-
-	private static final Pattern SCP_URI = Pattern
-			.compile("^(?:([^@]+?)@)?([^:]+?):(.+)$");
+	private static final Pattern FULL_URI = Pattern.compile("^" //
+			+ "(?:" //
+			+ "([a-z][a-z0-9+-]+)://" // optional http://
+			+ "(?:([^/]+?)(?::([^/]+?))?@)?" // optional user:password@
+			+ "(?:([^/]+?))?(?::(\\d+))?" // optional example.com:1337
+			+ ")?" //
+			+ "(" + "(?:[A-Za-z]:)?" // optional drive-letter:
+			+ "(?:\\.\\.)?" // optionally a relative path
+			+ "/.+" //
+			+ ")$"); // /anything
+
+	private static final Pattern SCP_URI = Pattern.compile("^" //
+			+ "(?:([^@]+?)@)?" //
+			+ "([^:]+?)" //
+			+ ":" //
+			+ "(.+)" //
+			+ "$"); //
 
 	private String scheme;