diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/es/config/exentity/WebConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/es/config/exentity/WebConfig.java
index 83e7f97f6..a6665f77b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/es/config/exentity/WebConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/es/config/exentity/WebConfig.java
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ public class WebConfig extends BsWebConfig implements CrawlingConfig {
                 final List<Pattern> urlPatterList = new ArrayList<>();
                 final String[] urls = getIncludedDocUrls().split("[\r\n]");
                 for (final String u : urls) {
-                    if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(u) && !u.trim().startsWith("#")) {
-                        urlPatterList.add(Pattern.compile(u.trim()));
+                    final String v = ComponentUtil.getSystemHelper().normalizePath(u);
+                    if (v.isEmpty()) {
+                        break;
                     }
+                    urlPatterList.add(Pattern.compile(v));
                 }
                 includedDocUrlPatterns = urlPatterList.toArray(new Pattern[urlPatterList.size()]);
             } else {
@@ -164,9 +166,11 @@ public class WebConfig extends BsWebConfig implements CrawlingConfig {
                 final List<Pattern> urlPatterList = new ArrayList<>();
                 final String[] urls = getExcludedDocUrls().split("[\r\n]");
                 for (final String u : urls) {
-                    if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(u) && !u.trim().startsWith("#")) {
-                        urlPatterList.add(Pattern.compile(u.trim()));
+                    final String v = ComponentUtil.getSystemHelper().normalizePath(u);
+                    if (v.isEmpty()) {
+                        break;
                     }
+                    urlPatterList.add(Pattern.compile(v));
                 }
                 excludedDocUrlPatterns = urlPatterList.toArray(new Pattern[urlPatterList.size()]);
             } else if (includedDocUrlPatterns.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/exec/Crawler.java b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/exec/Crawler.java
index fd1359af1..169a306d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/exec/Crawler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/exec/Crawler.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class Crawler {
         public String expires;
 
         protected Options() {
-            // noghing
+            // nothing
         }
 
         protected List<String> getWebConfigIdList() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/LabelTypeHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/LabelTypeHelper.java
index 753b8d534..b0f35f8ff 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/LabelTypeHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/LabelTypeHelper.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class LabelTypeHelper {
                     } else {
                         buf.append(split);
                     }
-                    buf.append(path.trim());
+                    buf.append(ComponentUtil.getSystemHelper().normalizePath(path));
                 }
                 this.includedPaths = Pattern.compile(buf.toString());
             }
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ public class LabelTypeHelper {
                     } else {
                         buf.append(split);
                     }
-                    buf.append(path.trim());
+                    buf.append(ComponentUtil.getSystemHelper().normalizePath(path));
                 }
                 this.excludedPaths = Pattern.compile(buf.toString());
             }
@@ -242,13 +242,23 @@ public class LabelTypeHelper {
             if (includedPaths != null) {
                 if (includedPaths.matcher(path).matches()) {
                     if (excludedPaths != null && excludedPaths.matcher(path).matches()) {
+                        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                            logger.debug("Path " + path + " matched against the excludes paths expression " + excludedPaths.toString());
+                        }
                         return false;
                     }
                     return true;
                 }
+                if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    logger.debug("Path " + path + " wasn't matched against the include paths expression " + includedPaths.toString());
+                }
                 return false;
             } else {
-                return !excludedPaths.matcher(path).matches();
+                boolean match = !excludedPaths.matcher(path).matches();
+                if (!match && logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    logger.debug("Path " + path + " matched against the excludes paths expression " + includedPaths.toString());
+                }
+                return match;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelper.java
index 9ee257166..442ec9f33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelper.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
@@ -213,6 +214,19 @@ public class SystemHelper {
         }
     }
 
+    public String normalizePath(final String path) {
+
+        if (StringUtil.isBlank(path) || path.trim().startsWith("#")) {
+            return StringUtils.EMPTY;
+        }
+
+        if (path.startsWith("contains:")) {
+            return (".*" + Pattern.quote(path.trim().substring("contains:".length())) + ".*");
+        }
+
+        return path.trim();
+    }
+
     public String getHelpLink(final String name) {
         final String url = ComponentUtil.getFessConfig().getOnlineHelpBaseLink() + name + "-guide.html";
         return getHelpUrl(url);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelperTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelperTest.java
index c6d011d25..b64008ad4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codelibs/fess/helper/SystemHelperTest.java
@@ -104,4 +104,11 @@ public class SystemHelperTest extends UnitFessTestCase {
         assertEquals("bbb\\ccc", systemHelper.createSearchRole("", "aaa\\bbb\\ccc"));
     }
 
+    public void normalizePaths() {
+        assertEquals("", systemHelper.normalizePath(""));
+        assertEquals(".*Q\\www.domain.com/test\\E.*", systemHelper.normalizePath("Contains:www.domain.com/test"));
+        assertEquals(".*Q\\/test\\E.*", systemHelper.normalizePath("Contains:/test/"));
+        assertEquals("www.domain.com/test", systemHelper.normalizePath("www.domain.com/test"));
+        assertEquals(".*domain.com/.*", systemHelper.normalizePath(".*domain.com/.*"));
+    }
 }