{"to":"irc://chat.hypothetical.net:6668/git-ciabot", "privmsg":"Hello, world!"}
</programlisting></para>
-<para>If the channel part of the URL does not have one of the prefix characters
-<quote>#</quote>, <quote>&</quote>, or <quote>+</quote>, a <quote>#</quote>
-will be prepended to it before shipping.</para>
+<para>If the channel part of the URL does not have one of the prefix
+characters <quote>#</quote>, <quote>&</quote>, or
+<quote>+</quote>, a <quote>#</quote> will be prepended to it before
+shipping - <emphasis>unless</emphasis>the channel part has the suffix
+",isnick" (which is unconditionally removed).</para>
<para>The host part of the URL may have a port-number suffix separated by a
colon, as shown in the third example; otherwise