2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
index e49144e2900..9e3be99af14 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/sgml-mode.el
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ Return non-nil if we skipped over matched tags."
   (condition-case err
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char end)
-    (skip-chars-backward "[:alnum:]-_.:")
+    (skip-chars-backward "-[:alnum:]_.:")
     (if (and ;; (<= (point) beg) ; This poses problems for downcase-word.
              (or (eq (char-before) ?<)
                  (and (eq (char-before) ?/)
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ Return non-nil if we skipped over matched tags."
              (null (get-char-property (point) 'text-clones)))
         (let* ((endp (eq (char-before) ?/))
                (cl-start (point))
-               (cl-end (progn (skip-chars-forward "[:alnum:]-_.:") (point)))
+               (cl-end (progn (skip-chars-forward "-[:alnum:]_.:") (point)))
                (match
                 (if endp
                     (when (sgml-skip-tag-backward 1) (forward-char 1) t)
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ Return non-nil if we skipped over matched tags."
                      (equal (buffer-substring cl-start cl-end)
                             (buffer-substring (point)
                                               (save-excursion
-                                                (skip-chars-forward "[:alnum:]-_.:")
+                                                (skip-chars-forward
+                                                 "-[:alnum:]_.:")
                                                 (point))))
                      (or (not endp) (eq (char-after cl-end) ?>)))
             (when clones
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/texnfo-upd.el b/lisp/textmodes/texnfo-upd.el
index 8c6e23eae4a..e960e992a89 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/texnfo-upd.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/texnfo-upd.el
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ appears in the texinfo file."
   "Return description field of old menu line as string.
 Point must be located just after the node name.  Point left before description.
 Single argument, END-OF-MENU, is position limiting search."
-  (skip-chars-forward "[:.,\t\n ]+")
+  (skip-chars-forward ":.,\t\n ")
   ;; don't copy a carriage return at line beginning with asterisk!
   ;; don't copy @detailmenu or @end menu or @ignore as descriptions!
   ;; do copy a description that begins with an `@'!