--- a/doc/hg.1.txt
+++ b/doc/hg.1.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ revision::
 repository path::
     either the pathname of a local repository or the URI of a remote
     repository.  There are two available URI protocols, http:// which is
-    fast and the old-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
+    fast and the static-http:// protocol which is much slower but does not
     require a special server on the web host.
 
 

--- a/doc/ja/hg.1.ja.txt
+++ b/doc/ja/hg.1.ja.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ revision::
 repository path::
     ローカルのリポジトリのパス名かリモートのリポジトリの URI を表
     します。URI のプロトコルとしては現在 2 つが利用可能です。
-    http:// は高速で、old-http:// は遅いですがウェブのホストに特別
+    http:// は高速で、static-http:// は遅いですがウェブのホストに特別
     なサーバを必要としません。
 
 コマンド

--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from node import *
 from repo import *
 from demandload import *
+from i18n import gettext as _
 demandload(globals(), "localrepo bundlerepo httprepo sshrepo statichttprepo")
 
 def repository(ui, path=None, create=0):
@@ -17,11 +18,18 @@ def repository(ui, path=None, create=0):
         if path.startswith("https://"):
             return httprepo.httpsrepository(ui, path)
         if path.startswith("hg://"):
+            ui.warn(_("hg:// syntax is deprecated, "
+                      "please use http:// instead\n"))
             return httprepo.httprepository(
                 ui, path.replace("hg://", "http://"))
         if path.startswith("old-http://"):
+            ui.warn(_("old-http:// syntax is deprecated, "
+                      "please use static-http:// instead\n"))
             return statichttprepo.statichttprepository(
                 ui, path.replace("old-http://", "http://"))
+        if path.startswith("static-http://"):
+            return statichttprepo.statichttprepository(
+                ui, path.replace("static-http://", "http://"))
         if path.startswith("ssh://"):
             return sshrepo.sshrepository(ui, path)
         if path.startswith("bundle://"):

--- a/tests/test-static-http
+++ b/tests/test-static-http
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-http_proxy= hg clone old-http://localhost:20059/ copy
+http_proxy= hg clone static-http://localhost:20059/ copy
 echo $?
 ls copy 2>/dev/null || echo copy: No such file or directory
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ hg tip
 
 cd ..
 
-http_proxy= hg clone old-http://localhost:20059/remote local
+http_proxy= hg clone static-http://localhost:20059/remote local
 
 cd local
 hg verify

--- a/tests/test-static-http.out
+++ b/tests/test-static-http.out
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ crosschecking files in changesets and ma
 checking files
 1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
 foo
-pulling from old-http://localhost:20059/remote
+pulling from static-http://localhost:20059/remote
 searching for changes
 no changes found