diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/parsers.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/parsers.py
index b646d10707..4996cc4e8a 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/parsers.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/parsers.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def parse_url(string):
         'edx://version/0123FFFF'
         'edx://mit.eecs.6002x'
         'edx://mit.eecs.6002x;published'
-        'edx://mit.eecs.6002x;published#HW3'
-        'edx://mit.eecs.6002x;published@000eee12345#HW3'
+        'edx://mit.eecs.6002x;published/block/HW3'
+        'edx://mit.eecs.6002x;published/version/000eee12345/block/HW3'
 
     This returns None if string cannot be parsed.
 
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ def parse_course_id(string):
     Examples of valid course_ids:
 
       'mit.eecs.6002x'
-      'mit.eecs.6002x;published'
-      'mit.eecs.6002x#HW3'
-      'mit.eecs.6002x;published#HW3'
+      'mit.eecs.6002x/branch/published'
+      'mit.eecs.6002x/block/HW3'
+      'mit.eecs.6002x/branch/published/block/HW3'
       'mit.eecs.6002x/branch/published/version/519665f6223ebd6980884f2b/block/HW3'