diff --git a/lib/puppet-strings/monkey_patches/display_object_command.rb b/lib/puppet-strings/monkey_patches/display_object_command.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c6fca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet-strings/monkey_patches/display_object_command.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Monkey patch URL decoding in object displays. Usually :: is interpreted as a
+# namespace, but this is disabled in our base object, and so instead gets
+# URL-encoded.
+require 'yard/server/commands/display_object_command'
+class YARD::Server::Commands::DisplayObjectCommand
+  private
+  alias_method :object_path_yard, :object_path
+  def object_path
+    object_path_yard.gsub('_3A', ':')
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/puppet-strings/yard.rb b/lib/puppet-strings/yard.rb
index 48cf1c6..155a64a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet-strings/yard.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet-strings/yard.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module PuppetStrings::Yard
   require 'puppet-strings/yard/handlers'
   require 'puppet-strings/yard/tags'
   require 'puppet-strings/yard/parsers'
+  require 'puppet-strings/monkey_patches/display_object_command'
 
   # Sets up YARD for use with puppet-strings.
   # @return [void]