diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 654ab6f66..a8aa1ceda 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - TW-1603 Priority color precedence changed since it is a UDA, should be lowered
           again (thanks to Jens Erat).
 - TW-1605 Japanese translation for Taskwarrior (thanks to Oota Toshiya).
+- TW-1606 scheduled.any filter (thanks to Peter Rochen).
 - The 'obfuscate' setting, if set to '1' will replace all text with 'xxx'.
 
 ------ current release ---------------------------
diff --git a/src/Lexer.cpp b/src/Lexer.cpp
index 0a9da3003..41fb6ef9f 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/Lexer.cpp
@@ -754,14 +754,16 @@ bool Lexer::isPair (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
       }
     }
 
-    if (_eos - _cursor > 1 &&
+    if (_eos - _cursor >= 1 &&
         _text[_cursor] == ':')
     {
       _cursor++;
 
       if (isString (ignoredToken, ignoredType, '\'') ||
           isString (ignoredToken, ignoredType, '"')  ||
-          isWord   (ignoredToken, ignoredType))
+          isWord   (ignoredToken, ignoredType)       ||
+          _eos == _cursor                            ||
+          _text[_cursor] == ' ')
       {
         token = _text.substr (marker, _cursor - marker);
         type = Lexer::Type::pair;
diff --git a/test/lexer.t.cpp b/test/lexer.t.cpp
index 9ea0531b3..d29b82997 100644
--- a/test/lexer.t.cpp
+++ b/test/lexer.t.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Context context;
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  UnitTest t (765);
+  UnitTest t (771);
 
   std::vector <std::pair <std::string, Lexer::Type>> tokens;
   std::string token;
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     // Pair
     { "name:value",                                   { { "name:value",                                   Lexer::Type::pair         }, NO, NO, NO, NO }, },
     { "desc.cont:pattern",                            { { "desc.cont:pattern",                            Lexer::Type::pair         }, NO, NO, NO, NO }, },
+    { "desc.any:",                                    { { "desc.any:",                                    Lexer::Type::pair         }, NO, NO, NO, NO }, },
     { "pro:'P 1'",                                    { { "pro:'P 1'",                                    Lexer::Type::pair         }, NO, NO, NO, NO }, },
     { "pro:PROJECT",                                  { { "pro:PROJECT",                                  Lexer::Type::pair         }, NO, NO, NO, NO }, },
     { "due:'eow - 2d'",                               { { "due:'eow - 2d'",                               Lexer::Type::pair         }, NO, NO, NO, NO }, },