1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 76a270bc..b3fd532d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -330,8 +330,10 @@ sub query_argv_to_string {
                  if (s!\b(d|rt|dt):([[:print:]]+)\z!date_parse_prepare(
                                                  $to_parse //= [], $1, $2)!sge) {
                          $_;
+                } elsif (/\s/) {
+                        s/(.*?)\b(\w+:)// ? qq{$1$2"$_"} : qq{"$_"};
                  } else {
-                        /\s/ ? (s/\A(\w+:)// ? qq{$1"$_"} : qq{"$_}) : $_
+                        $_
                  }
          } @$argv);
          # git-rev-parse can handle any number of args up to system