diff --git a/core/model/RedirectorPage.php b/core/model/RedirectorPage.php
index f7741dfb7..53617f720 100755
--- a/core/model/RedirectorPage.php
+++ b/core/model/RedirectorPage.php
@@ -53,8 +53,19 @@ class RedirectorPage extends Page {
 					new TextField("Title", _t('SiteTree.PAGETITLE')),
 					new TextField("MenuTitle", _t('SiteTree.MENUTITLE')),
 					new FieldGroup(_t('SiteTree.URL'),
-						new LabelField("http://www.yoursite.com/"),
-						new TextField("URLSegment",""),
+						new LabelField(Director::absoluteBaseURL()),
+						new UniqueRestrictedTextField("URLSegment",
+							"URLSegment",
+							"SiteTree",
+							_t('SiteTree.VALIDATIONURLSEGMENT1', "Another page is using that URL. URL must be unique for each page"),
+							"[^A-Za-z0-9-]+",
+							"-",
+							_t('SiteTree.VALIDATIONURLSEGMENT2', "URLs can only be made up of letters, digits and hyphens."),
+							"",
+							"",
+							"",
+							50
+						),
 						new LabelField("/")
 					),
 					new HeaderField(_t('RedirectorPage.HEADER', "This page will redirect users to another page")),
diff --git a/core/model/SiteTree.php b/core/model/SiteTree.php
index 9692418c1..aa1e9629c 100644
--- a/core/model/SiteTree.php
+++ b/core/model/SiteTree.php
@@ -1115,8 +1115,7 @@ class SiteTree extends DataObject {
 					),
 					$tabMeta = new Tab('Meta-data',
 						new FieldGroup(_t('SiteTree.URL', "URL"),
-							new LabelField("http://www.yoursite.com/"),
-							//new TextField("URLSegment",""),
+							new LabelField(Director::absoluteBaseURL()),
 							new UniqueRestrictedTextField("URLSegment",
 								"URLSegment",
 								"SiteTree",