diff --git a/ietf/doc/tests_utils.py b/ietf/doc/tests_utils.py
index 59223b1f8..248ac345a 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/tests_utils.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/tests_utils.py
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@ class MiscTests(TestCase):
         found = fuzzy_find_documents(draft.name, '22')
         self.assertCountEqual(found.documents, [draft],
                               'Should find document even if rev does not exist')
+        
+        # by rfc name mistakenly trying to provide a revision
+        found = fuzzy_find_documents(rfc.name+"-22")
+        self.assertCountEqual(found.documents, [rfc], "Should ignore versions when fuzzyfinding RFCs" )
+        found = fuzzy_find_documents(rfc.name,"22")
+        self.assertCountEqual(found.documents, [rfc], "Should ignore versions when fuzzyfinding RFCs" )
 
 
     def test_fuzzy_find_documents(self):
diff --git a/ietf/doc/utils.py b/ietf/doc/utils.py
index 791339c4f..d93c9f453 100644
--- a/ietf/doc/utils.py
+++ b/ietf/doc/utils.py
@@ -1209,14 +1209,15 @@ def fuzzy_find_documents(name, rev=None):
 
     if name.startswith("rfc"):
         sought_type = "rfc"
-        log.assertion("rev is None")
+        name = name.split("-")[0] # strip any noise (like a revision) at and after the first hyphen
+        rev = None # If someone is looking for an RFC and supplies a version, ignore it.
     else:
         sought_type = "draft"
 
     # see if we can find a document using this name
     docs = Document.objects.filter(name=name, type_id=sought_type)
-    if rev and not docs.exists():
-        # No document found, see if the name/rev split has been misidentified.
+    if sought_type == "draft" and rev and not docs.exists():
+        # No draft found, see if the name/rev split has been misidentified.
         # Handles some special cases, like draft-ietf-tsvwg-ieee-802-11.
         name = '%s-%s' % (name, rev)
         docs = Document.objects.filter(name=name, type_id='draft')