 			
 			# String definition
 			name: "meta.function.request.$2.roff"
-			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*([ad]s1?)[ \t]*(((?:[^\\s\\\\]|\\\\(?!\").)+))?"
+			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*([ad]s1?)[ \t]+(((?:[^\\s\\\\]|\\\\(?!\").)+))?"
 			end:   "(?<!\\\\)$"
 			beginCaptures:
 				1: name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"

			
			# Terminator included
			name: "meta.function.definition.request.with-terminator.$2.roff"
			begin: "^([.'])[ \t]*((dei?1?)|(ami?1?))\\s*(\\S+)\\s*(\"[^\"]+\"?|\\S+?(?=\\s|\\\\[\"#]))?(.*)$"
			end:   "^(\\.)[ \t]*((\\6)(?=$|\\s|\\\\(?:$|\")))"
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}

				|gcolor|hcode|hla|hlm|hpfa|hpfcode|hpf|hym|hys|itc|kern|length|linetabs|lsm
				|mso|nop|nroff|opena|open|output|pev|pnr|psbb|pso|ptr|pvs|rchar|rfschar|rj
				|rnn|schar|shc|shift|sizes|special|spreadwarn|sty|substring|tkf|tm1|tmc|trf
				|trin|trnt|troff|unformat|vpt|warnscale|warn|writec|writem|write)
				(?=\\s|\\\\[\"#])"
			end: "(?<!\\\\)(?=\n)|(?=\\\\\")"
			beginCaptures:
				1: {name: "punctuation.definition.request.roff"}
