1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/time-stamp.el b/lisp/time-stamp.el
index c66736a3594..daa713e069b 100644
--- a/lisp/time-stamp.el
+++ b/lisp/time-stamp.el
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ and all `time-stamp-format' compatibility."
                  (or (eq ?. cur-char)
                      (eq ?, cur-char) (eq ?: cur-char) (eq ?@ cur-char)
                      (eq ?- cur-char) (eq ?+ cur-char) (eq ?_ cur-char)
-                     (eq ?\  cur-char) (eq ?# cur-char) (eq ?^ cur-char)
+                     (eq ?\s cur-char) (eq ?# cur-char) (eq ?^ cur-char)
                      (and (eq ?\( cur-char)
                           (not (eq prev-char ?\\))
                           (setq paren-level (1+ paren-level)))