diff --git a/pdf.c b/pdf.c
index d7c21060aa476f506c406039268189e30b1f184a..faef9d713ea41f7a77d31961c93f2fd6f753914e 100644
--- a/pdf.c
+++ b/pdf.c
@@ -1056,8 +1056,8 @@ init_parser(struct Env *aux)
 			    CHX(lf, VIOL(epsilon, "No linefeed after 'stream' (severity=7)"))));
 	H_RULE(stmend,	CHX(SEQ(eol, LIT("endstream")),
 			   VIOL(LIT("ndstream"), "Stream length >1-too-long (severity=10)"),
-			   VIOL(SEQ(h_many1(wchar), LIT("endstream")),
-				"No newline before endstream (severity=7)"),
+			   VIOL(SEQ(h_many(wchar), LIT("endstream")),
+				"No newline before 'endstream' (severity=7)"),
 			   VIOL(LIT("endstream"), "Stream length 1-too-long (severity=9)"),
 			   VIOL(SEQ(OPT(h_ch_range(0, 255)), OPT(eol), LIT("endstream")),
 				"Stream length 1-too-short (severity=4)"),