diff --git a/doc/latex/uri.tex b/doc/latex/uri.tex
index bcf42c4..3feb146 100644
--- a/doc/latex/uri.tex
+++ b/doc/latex/uri.tex
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 \chapter{Parsing and Processing URIs}\label{cha:uri}
 
 The \ex{uri} structure contains a library for dealing with URIs.
+and is out-of-date by now---it is build up on RFC 1360 of 1994 which
+was replaced by RFC 1738, RFC 1808, and finally RFC 2396 of 1998.
 
 \section{Notes on URI Syntax}
 
@@ -24,43 +26,6 @@ be used in a URI.
 
 \section{Procedures}
 
-\defun{parse-uri} {uri-string } {scheme path search
-    frag-id} \label{proc:parse-uri}
-\begin{desc}
-  Parses an \var{uri\=string} into its four fields.
-  The fields are \emph{not} unescaped, as the rules for
-  parsing the \var{path} component in particular need unescaped
-  text, and are dependent on \var{scheme}. The URL parser is
-  responsible for doing this.  If the \var{scheme}, \var{search}
-  or \var{fragid} portions are not specified, they are \sharpf.
-  Otherwise, \var{scheme}, \var{search}, and \var{fragid} are
-  strings. \var{path} is a non-empty string list---the path split
-  at slashes.
-\end{desc}
-
-Here is a description of the parsing technique. It is inwards from
-both ends:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item First, the code searches forwards for the first reserved
-  character (\verb|=|, \verb|;|, \verb|/|, \verb|#|, \verb|?|,
-  \verb|:| or \verb|space|).  If it's a colon, then that's the
-  \var{scheme} part, otherwise there is no \var{scheme} part. At
-  all events, it is removed.
-\item Then the code searches backwards from the end for the last reserved
-  char.  If it's a sharp, then that's the \var{fragid} part---remove it.
-\item Then the code searches backwards from the end for the last reserved
-  char.  If it's a question-mark, then that's the \var{search}
-  part----remove it.
-\item What's left is the path.  The code split it at slashes. The
-  empty string becomes a list containing the empty string.
-\end{itemize}
-%  
-This scheme is tolerant of the various ways people build broken
-URI's out there on the Net\footnote{So it does not absolutely conform
-  to RFC~1630.}, e.g.\ \verb|=| is a reserved character, but used
-unescaped in the search-part. It was given to me\footnote{That's
-  Olin Shivers.} by Dan Connolly of the W3C and slightly modified.
-
 \defun{unescape-uri}{string [start] [end]}{string}
 \begin{desc}
   \ex{Unescape-uri} unescapes a string. If \var{start} and/or \var{end} are
diff --git a/doc/latex/url.tex b/doc/latex/url.tex
index cceb609..bf5a289 100644
--- a/doc/latex/url.tex
+++ b/doc/latex/url.tex
@@ -56,6 +56,21 @@ For details about escaping and unescaping see Chapter~\ref{cha:uri}.
 
 \section{HTTP URLs}
 
+\defun{parse-uri} {uri-string } {host port path query} \label{proc:parse-uri}
+\begin{desc}
+  Parses an HTTP 1.1 \var{uri\=string} into its four fields.
+  The fields returned are \emph{not} decoded. 
+  If \var{uri\=string} is not an http URL but an abs\_path 
+  the \var{host}, \var{port}
+  and \var{query} portions are not specified, they are \sharpf.
+  Otherwise, \var{host}, \var{port}, and \var{query} are
+  strings. \var{path} is a non-empty string list---the path split
+  at slashes.
+\end{desc}
+This parser does not absolutely conform to RFC 2616 in allowing 
+a fragment-suffix. Furthermore only http URLs, not absolute URIs in general are
+recognized.
+
 \defun{make-http-url}{server path search frag-id}{http-url}
 \defunx{http-url?}{thing}{boolean}
 \defunx{http-url-server}{http-url}{server}