diff --git a/moo/mooedit/language-specs/def.lang b/moo/mooedit/language-specs/def.lang
index 7aca9ff6..3ad9be22 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/language-specs/def.lang
+++ b/moo/mooedit/language-specs/def.lang
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@
             <match>\%{float}</match>
         </context>
 
-        <!-- FIXME no \n in patterns! -->
         <define-regex id="net-address" extended="true" case-sensitive="false">
                 \%[                                         # separator
                 (https?|ftp|nntp|news|javascript|about):    # protocol
-                [^\ \n]* [^\ \n.:;,?&gt;&lt;)]              # address
+                \S* [^\s.:;,?&gt;&lt;)]              # address
                 (?![a-z0-9_.-])                             # separator
         </define-regex>