2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/parser.l b/parser.l
index 9ac79228..e1cfe82f 100644
--- a/parser.l
+++ b/parser.l
@@ -908,12 +908,12 @@ UONLY   {U2}{U}|{U3}{U}{U}|{U4}{U}{U}{U}
   yy_push_state(SPECIAL, yyscanner);
 }
 
-<INITIAL>^@[#;].*{NL} {
+<INITIAL>^@{WS}*[#;].*{NL} {
   /* eat whole line comment */
   yyextra->lineno++;
 }
 
-<INITIAL>@[#;].* {
+<INITIAL>@{WS}*[#;].* {
   /* comment to end of line */
 }
 
diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
index b7fa864c..91520a8e 100644
--- a/txr.1
+++ b/txr.1
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ are output on standard output.
 .SS* Comments
 A query may contain comments which are delimited by the sequence
 .code @;
-and extend to the end of the line. No whitespace can occur between the
+and extend to the end of the line. Whitespace can occur between the
 .code @
 and
 .codn ; .