diff --git a/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst b/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
index 5453e367c..9b29669d9 100644
--- a/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
+++ b/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ URI is defined in :rfc:`std-66 <3986>`)::
 Environment markers allow making a specification only take effect in some
 environments::
 
-    marker_op     = version_cmp | (wsp* 'in') | (wsp* 'not' wsp+ 'in')
+    marker_op     = version_cmp | (wsp+ 'in') | (wsp+ 'not' wsp+ 'in')
     python_str_c  = (wsp | letter | digit | '(' | ')' | '.' | '{' | '}' |
                      '-' | '_' | '*' | '#' | ':' | ';' | ',' | '/' | '?' |
                      '[' | ']' | '!' | '~' | '`' | '@' | '$' | '%' | '^' |