Index: src/couchdb/couch_rep_reader.erl
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--- src/couchdb/couch_rep_reader.erl	(revision 1177549)
+++ src/couchdb/couch_rep_reader.erl	(working copy)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     hd(State#state.opened_seqs).
 
 split_revlist(Rev, {[CurrentAcc|Rest], BaseLength, Length}) ->
-    case Length+size(Rev)+3 > 8192 of
+    case Length+size(Rev)+3 >= 8192 of
     false ->
         {[[Rev|CurrentAcc] | Rest], BaseLength, Length+size(Rev)+3};
     true ->
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@
     %% MochiWeb into multiple requests
     BaseQS = [{revs,true}, {latest,true}, {att_encoding_info,true}],
     BaseReq = DbS#http_db{resource=encode_doc_id(DocId), qs=BaseQS},
-    BaseLength = length(couch_rep_httpc:full_url(BaseReq) ++ "&open_revs=[]"),
+    BaseLength = length(
+        "GET " ++ couch_rep_httpc:full_url(BaseReq) ++
+        "&open_revs=[]" ++ " HTTP/1.1\r\n"),
 
     {RevLists, _, _} = lists:foldl(fun split_revlist/2,
         {[[]], BaseLength, BaseLength}, couch_doc:revs_to_strs(Revs)),