diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 53353857f..f2a68fcf6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
    (thanks to Jostein Berntsen).
  + Fixed but #539, where the man page task-color(5) contained a line that
    began with a ' and was not displayed.
+ + Fixed bug #537, where the man page task-sync(5) misspecified some URIs
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/man/task-sync.5 b/doc/man/task-sync.5
index 9744e49d5..35428a7bc 100644
--- a/doc/man/task-sync.5
+++ b/doc/man/task-sync.5
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ All the other URIs allow access to remote machines.  The first uses SSH and scp
 
 .br
 .RS
-ssh://[user@]host[:port]:path/to/undo.data
+ssh://[user@]host[:port]/path/to/undo.data
 .br
-[user@]host[:port]:/path/
+[user@]host:/path/
 .RE
 
 Rsync is another supported protocol that minimizes network traffic, by a clever
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ http://host[:port]/path/to/undo.data
 .br
 https://host[:port]/path/to/undo.data
 .br
-ftp://user@host[:port]/path/to/undo.data
+ftp://[user@]host[:port]/path/to/undo.data
 .RE
 
 .SH CONFLICTS