diff --git a/app/models/__init__.py b/app/models/__init__.py
index 257039f..7bf9ede 100644
--- a/app/models/__init__.py
+++ b/app/models/__init__.py
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ def url(**kwargs):
     """
     return cherrypy.request.base + routes.url_for(**kwargs)
 
+_MAX_URL_CHARS = 40
+
+_HTTP_RE = re.compile(r"^https?://")
+
+def nice_url(url):
+    """Returns a human-readable version of URL.
+
+    This removes the scheme and ellipsizes if necessary. It returns None if the
+    url is None."""
+    if url is None: return None
+    return ellipsize(_HTTP_RE.sub("", url), _MAX_URL_CHARS)
+
 def relative_date(date):
     """Construct a human-friendly relative date string like "2 hours ago".
 
diff --git a/app/models/package.py b/app/models/package.py
index 16649de..3e07516 100644
--- a/app/models/package.py
+++ b/app/models/package.py
@@ -70,12 +70,22 @@ def homepage(self):
         if self.latest_version is None: return None
         return self.latest_version.pubspec.get('homepage')
 
+    @property
+    def nice_homepage(self):
+        """The human-readable homepage URL for the package."""
+        return models.nice_url(self.homepage)
+
     @property
     def documentation(self):
         """The documentation URL for the package, or None."""
         if self.latest_version is None: return None
         return self.latest_version.documentation
 
+    @property
+    def nice_documentation(self):
+        """The human-readable documentation URL for the package."""
+        return models.nice_url(self.documentation)
+
     @property
     def authors_title(self):
         """The title for the authors list of the package."""
diff --git a/app/views/packages/show.mustache b/app/views/packages/show.mustache
index 0e27ae9..18e6a31 100644
--- a/app/views/packages/show.mustache
+++ b/app/views/packages/show.mustache
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ $ <strong>pub install</strong>
 
     {{#package.homepage}}
       <h4>Homepage</h4>
-      <p><a href="{{package.homepage}}">{{package.homepage}}</a></p>
+      <p><a href="{{package.homepage}}">{{package.nice_homepage}}</a></p>
     {{/package.homepage}}
 
     {{#package.documentation}}
       <h4>Documentation</h4>
-      <p><a href="{{package.documentation}}">{{package.documentation}}</a></p>
+      <p><a href="{{package.documentation}}">{{package.nice_documentation}}</a></p>
     {{/package.documentation}}
 
     <h4>{{package.uploaders_title}}</h4>