diff --git a/textile/core.py b/textile/core.py
index 6454187..ea94ac1 100644
--- a/textile/core.py
+++ b/textile/core.py
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
 from textile.regex_strings import (align_re_s, cls_re_s, pnct_re_s,
                                    regex_snippets, syms_re_s, table_span_re_s)
 from textile.utils import (decode_high, encode_high, encode_html, generate_tag,
-                           has_raw_text, is_rel_url, is_valid_url, list_type,
-                           normalize_newlines, parse_attributes, pba)
+                           has_raw_text, human_readable_url, is_rel_url,
+                           is_valid_url, list_type, normalize_newlines,
+                           parse_attributes, pba)
 from textile.objects import Block, Table
 
 try:
@@ -139,14 +140,6 @@ def make_glyph_replacers(html_type, uid, glyph_defs):
             for (regex_obj, replacement) in pre_result]
 
 
-def human_readable_url(url):
-    if "://" in url:
-        url = url.split("://")[1]
-    elif ":" in url:
-        url = url.split(":")[1]
-    return url
-
-
 class Textile(object):
     restricted_url_schemes = ('http', 'https', 'ftp', 'mailto')
     unrestricted_url_schemes = restricted_url_schemes + (
diff --git a/textile/utils.py b/textile/utils.py
index 1a04182..7045bcb 100644
--- a/textile/utils.py
+++ b/textile/utils.py
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ def has_raw_text(text):
     return r != ''
 
 
+def human_readable_url(url):
+    if "://" in url:
+        url = url.split("://")[1]
+    elif ":" in url:
+        url = url.split(":")[1]
+    return url
+
+
 def is_rel_url(url):
     """Identify relative urls."""
     (scheme, netloc) = urlparse(url)[0:2]