1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
index 80e809b9d63..8eadf018a67 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/ruby-mode.el
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ statement around point."
   (unless feature-name
     (let ((init (save-excursion
                   (forward-line 0)
-                  (when (looking-at "require [\"']\\(.?*\\)[\"']")
+                  (when (looking-at "require [\"']\\(.*\\)[\"']")
                     (match-string 1)))))
       (setq feature-name (read-string "Feature name: " init))))
   (let ((out