diff --git a/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp b/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
index 001f7eaab..43c8b8326 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
@@ -575,18 +575,20 @@ void CmdEdit::parseTask (Task& task, const std::string& after)
   std::vector <std::string>::iterator dep;
   for (dep = dependencies.begin (); dep != dependencies.end (); ++dep)
   {
-    int id = 0;
+    std::vector <int> ids;
 
-    // Crude UUID check.
+    // Crude UUID check
     if (dep->length () == 36)
-      id = context.tdb2.pending.id (*dep);
+    {
+      int id = context.tdb2.pending.id (*dep);
+      ids.push_back (id);
+    }
     else
-      id = atoi (dep->c_str ());
+      A3::extract_id (*dep, ids);
 
-    if (id)
-      task.addDependency (id);
-    else
-      task.addDependency (*dep);
+    std::vector <int>::iterator id;
+    for (id = ids.begin (); id != ids.end(); id++)
+      task.addDependency (*id);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en-US.h b/src/en-US.h
index 7e4b4b6c8..2242b752f 100644
--- a/src/en-US.h
+++ b/src/en-US.h
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@
 #define STRING_EDIT_UNPARSEABLE      "Taskwarrior couldn't handle your edits.  Would you like to try again?"
 #define STRING_EDIT_UNWRITABLE       "Your data.location directory is not writable."
 #define STRING_EDIT_TAG_SEP          "Separate the tags with spaces, like this: tag1 tag2"
-#define STRING_EDIT_DEP_SEP          "Dependencies should be a comma-separated list of task IDs/UUIDs, with no spaces."
+#define STRING_EDIT_DEP_SEP          "Dependencies should be a comma-separated list of task IDs/UUIDs or ID ranges, with no spaces."
 #define STRING_EDIT_END              "End"
 
 #define STRING_EDIT_PROJECT_MOD      "Project modified."