diff --git a/lisp/net/eww.el b/lisp/net/eww.el
index dccaf0497f..64386921c7 100644
--- a/lisp/net/eww.el
+++ b/lisp/net/eww.el
@@ -319,7 +319,8 @@ eww--dwim-expand-url
         (t
 	 ;; Anything that starts with something that vaguely looks
 	 ;; like a protocol designator is interpreted as a full URL.
-         (if (or (string-match "\\`[A-Za-z]+:" url)
+         (unless (string-match-p "\\`about:" url)
+         (if (or (string-match-p "\\`[A-Za-z]+:" url)
 		 ;; Also try to match "naked" URLs like
 		 ;; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free software
 		 (string-match "\\`[A-Za-z_]+\\.[A-Za-z._]+/" url)
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ eww--dwim-expand-url
                  (setq url (concat url "/"))))
            (setq url (concat eww-search-prefix
                              (mapconcat
-                              #'url-hexify-string (split-string url) "+"))))))
+                              #'url-hexify-string (split-string url) "+")))))))
   url)
 
 (defun eww--preprocess-html (start end)
diff --git a/lisp/url/url-about.el b/lisp/url/url-about.el
index e9d9d6346e..ee79ee1aab 100644
--- a/lisp/url/url-about.el
+++ b/lisp/url/url-about.el
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ url-about
     (if (fboundp func)
 	(progn
 	  (set-buffer (generate-new-buffer " *about-data*"))
-	  (insert "Content-type: text/plain\n\n")
+	  (insert "Content-type: text/html\n\n")
 	  (funcall func url)
 	  (current-buffer))
       (error "URL does not know about `%s'" item))))