1.1 --- a/mercurial/commands.py
     1.2 +++ b/mercurial/commands.py
     1.3 @@ -1729,7 +1729,8 @@
     1.4      With -s/--similarity, hg will attempt to discover renames and
     1.5      copies in the patch in the same way as 'addremove'.
     1.6  
     1.7 -    To read a patch from standard input, use "-" as the patch name.
     1.8 +    To read a patch from standard input, use "-" as the patch name. If
     1.9 +    a URL is specified, the patch will be downloaded from it.
    1.10      See 'hg help dates' for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.
    1.11      """
    1.12      patches = (patch1,) + patches