diff -ru orig/wget-1.13.4/src/ChangeLog wget-1.13.4/src/ChangeLog
--- orig/wget-1.13.4/src/ChangeLog	2011-09-13 13:38:59.000000000 +0530
+++ wget-1.13.4/src/ChangeLog	2012-01-09 03:24:30.772500003 +0530
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-01-9   Sasikantha babu   <address@hidden>
+	* connect.c (connect_to_ip): properly formatted ipv6 address display
+		    (socket_family): New function - returns socket family type
+	* http.c (gethttp): properly formatted ipv6 address display
+
 2011-09-13  Giuseppe Scrivano  <address@hidden>
 
 	* ftp.c (ftp_retrieve_glob): Propagate correctly the `res' error
diff -ru orig/wget-1.13.4/src/connect.c wget-1.13.4/src/connect.c
--- orig/wget-1.13.4/src/connect.c	2011-08-08 02:25:23.000000000 +0530
+++ wget-1.13.4/src/connect.c	2012-01-09 02:38:42.433500008 +0530
@@ -293,7 +293,12 @@
 					  xfree (str);
         }
       else
-        logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Connecting to %s:%d... "), txt_addr, port);
+       {
+           if (ip->family == AF_INET)
+               logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Connecting to %s:%d... "), txt_addr, port);
+           else if (ip->family == AF_INET6)
+               logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Connecting to [%s]:%d... "), txt_addr, port);
+       }
     }
 
   /* Store the sockaddr info to SA.  */
@@ -581,6 +586,36 @@
     }
 }
 
+/* Get the socket family of connection on FD and store
+   Return family type on success, -1 otherwise.
+
+   If ENDPOINT is ENDPOINT_LOCAL, it returns the sock family of the local
+   (client) side of the socket.  Else if ENDPOINT is ENDPOINT_PEER, it
+   returns the sock family of the remote (peer's) side of the socket.  */
+
+int
+socket_family (int sock, int endpoint)
+{
+  struct sockaddr_storage storage;
+  struct sockaddr *sockaddr = (struct sockaddr *) &storage;
+  socklen_t addrlen = sizeof (storage);
+  int ret;
+
+  memset (sockaddr, 0, addrlen);
+
+  if (endpoint == ENDPOINT_LOCAL)
+    ret = getsockname (sock, sockaddr, &addrlen);
+  else if (endpoint == ENDPOINT_PEER)
+    ret = getpeername (sock, sockaddr, &addrlen);
+  else
+    abort ();
+
+  if (ret < 0)
+    return -1;
+
+  return sockaddr->sa_family;
+}
+
 /* Return true if the error from the connect code can be considered
    retryable.  Wget normally retries after errors, but the exception
    are the "unsupported protocol" type errors (possible on IPv4/IPv6
diff -ru orig/wget-1.13.4/src/connect.h wget-1.13.4/src/connect.h
--- orig/wget-1.13.4/src/connect.h	2011-01-01 17:42:35.000000000 +0530
+++ wget-1.13.4/src/connect.h	2012-01-09 02:30:42.398500004 +0530
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
   ENDPOINT_PEER
 };
 bool socket_ip_address (int, ip_address *, int);
+int  socket_family (int sock, int endpoint);
 
 bool retryable_socket_connect_error (int);
 
diff -ru orig/wget-1.13.4/src/http.c wget-1.13.4/src/http.c
--- orig/wget-1.13.4/src/http.c	2011-09-07 16:28:01.000000000 +0530
+++ wget-1.13.4/src/http.c	2012-01-09 02:40:40.917500003 +0530
@@ -1792,11 +1792,17 @@
 #endif
                                   &host_lookup_failed))
         {
+          int family = socket_family (pconn.socket, ENDPOINT_PEER);
           sock = pconn.socket;
           using_ssl = pconn.ssl;
-          logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Reusing existing connection to %s:%d.\n"),
-                     quotearg_style (escape_quoting_style, pconn.host),
-                     pconn.port);
+          if (family == AF_INET6)
+             logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Reusing existing connection to [%s]:%d.\n"),
+                        quotearg_style (escape_quoting_style, pconn.host),
+                         pconn.port);
+          else
+             logprintf (LOG_VERBOSE, _("Reusing existing connection to %s:%d.\n"),
+                        quotearg_style (escape_quoting_style, pconn.host),
+                        pconn.port);
           DEBUGP (("Reusing fd %d.\n", sock));
           if (pconn.authorized)
             /* If the connection is already authorized, the "Basic"