diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 284e7e198e93a288624c6258ff30294c6aacf8d6..6ca507f407496ede06c98f2f6d88effce2356bf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The format of the block comment is like this:
 
 /**
  * function_name(:)? (- short description)?
-(* @parameterx: (description of parameter x)?)*
+(* @parameterx(space)*: (description of parameter x)?)*
 (* a blank line)?
  * (Description:)? (Description of function)?
  * (section header: (section description)? )*
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 8a4ec43a498541e2d1a8b941e7b71f76bf2d45b8..35d7fd9a1e657af651fc5e14fc7fec741487085f 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ use strict;
 #  * my_function
 #  **/
 #
-# If the Description: header tag is ommitted, then there must be a blank line
+# If the Description: header tag is omitted, then there must be a blank line
 # after the last parameter specification.
 # e.g.
 # /**
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ my $doc_start = '^/\*\*\s*$'; # Allow whitespace at end of comment start.
 my $doc_end = '\*/';
 my $doc_com = '\s*\*\s*';
 my $doc_decl = $doc_com.'(\w+)';
-my $doc_sect = $doc_com.'(['.$doc_special.']?[\w ]+):(.*)';
+my $doc_sect = $doc_com.'(['.$doc_special.']?[\w\s]+):(.*)';
 my $doc_content = $doc_com.'(.*)';
 my $doc_block = $doc_com.'DOC:\s*(.*)?';