diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index 6ca288e..eb218d5 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -6219,6 +6219,8 @@
     long	count;
     linenr_T	*file_lnum;
 {
+    int options = FNAME_MESS|FNAME_EXP|FNAME_REL|FNAME_UNESC;
+
     if (VIsual_active)
     {
 	int	len;
@@ -6226,11 +6228,10 @@
 
 	if (get_visual_text(NULL, &ptr, &len) == FAIL)
 	    return NULL;
-	return find_file_name_in_path(ptr, len,
-		     FNAME_MESS|FNAME_EXP|FNAME_REL, count, curbuf->b_ffname);
+	return find_file_name_in_path(ptr, len, options,
+						     count, curbuf->b_ffname);
     }
-    return file_name_at_cursor(FNAME_MESS|FNAME_HYP|FNAME_EXP|FNAME_REL, count,
-			       file_lnum);
+    return file_name_at_cursor(options | FNAME_HYP, count, file_lnum);
 
 }
 
@@ -6310,14 +6311,19 @@
      * Also allow "://" when ':' is not in 'isfname'.
      */
     len = 0;
-    while (vim_isfilec(ptr[len])
+    while (vim_isfilec(ptr[len]) || (ptr[len] == '\\' && ptr[len + 1] == ' ')
 			 || ((options & FNAME_HYP) && path_is_url(ptr + len)))
+    {
+	if (ptr[len] == '\\')
+	    /* Skip over the "\" in "\ ". */
+	    ++len;
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
 	if (has_mbyte)
 	    len += (*mb_ptr2len)(ptr + len);
 	else
 #endif
 	    ++len;
+    }
 
     /*
      * If there is trailing punctuation, remove it.