diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index ec31b21b6..4f42a372c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ development at the same time, such as 4.5.x and 5.0.
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+- When the HTML report location is printed to the terminal, it's now a
+  terminal-compatible URL, so that you can click the location to open the HTML
+  file in your browser.  Thanks, `Ricardo Newbery <pull 1613_>`_.
+
 - Docs: a new :ref:`Migrating page <migrating>` with details about how to
   migrate between major versions of coverage.py.  It currently covers the
   wildcard changes in 7.x.  Thanks, `Brian Grohe <pull 1610_>`_.
 
 .. _pull 1610: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1610
+.. _pull 1613: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/pull/1613
 
 .. scriv-start-here
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index f5f2898fd..b02f7add9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ Peter Ebden
 Peter Portante
 Phebe Polk
 Reya B
+Ricardo Newbery
 Rodrigue Cloutier
 Roger Hu
 Ross Lawley
diff --git a/coverage/report.py b/coverage/report.py
index 1e14eb78e..09eed0a82 100644
--- a/coverage/report.py
+++ b/coverage/report.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import os
 import sys
 
 from typing import Callable, Iterable, Iterator, IO, Optional, Tuple, TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -59,12 +58,7 @@ def render_report(
     try:
         ret = reporter.report(morfs, outfile=outfile)
         if file_to_close is not None:
-            if sys.stdout.isatty():
-                file_path = f"file://{os.path.abspath(output_path)}"
-                print_path = f"\033]8;;{file_path}\a{output_path}\033]8;;\a"
-            else:
-                print_path = output_path
-            msgfn(f"Wrote {reporter.report_type} to {print_path}")
+            msgfn(f"Wrote {reporter.report_type} to {output_path}")
         delete_file = False
         return ret
     finally: