1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el
index cf47f77d40d..4dfad0e8f4f 100644
--- a/lisp/font-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/font-lock.el
@@ -1740,7 +1740,7 @@ Does not move further than LIMIT.
 The expected syntax of a declaration/definition item is `word' (preceded by
 optional whitespace and `*' characters and proceeded by optional whitespace)
 optionally followed by a `('.  Everything following the item (but belonging to
-it) is expected to by skip-able by `scan-sexps', and items are expected to be
+it) is expected to be skip-able by `scan-sexps', and items are expected to be
 separated with a `,' and to be terminated with a `;'.
 
 Thus the regexp matches after point:    word (
@@ -1759,7 +1759,7 @@ This function could be MATCHER in a MATCH-ANCHORED `font-lock-keywords' item."
       (let ((pos (point)))
         (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
         (skip-syntax-backward "w")
-        (unless (looking-at "\\(\\sw+\\)[ \t\n]*\\sw*_\\sw*[ \t\n]*\\((\\)?")
+        (unless (looking-at "\\(\\sw+\\)[ \t\n]*\\sw+[ \t\n]*\\(((?\\)?")
           ;; Looks like it was something else, so go back to where we
           ;; were and reset the match data by rematching.
           (goto-char pos)