diff --git a/todo.sh b/todo.sh
index 12adb54..070f865 100755
--- a/todo.sh
+++ b/todo.sh
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ _format()
             {
                 if (match($0, /^[0-9]+ x /)) {
                     print highlight("COLOR_DONE") $0 highlight("DEFAULT")
-                } else if (match($0, /^[0-9]+ \([A-Z]\)[[:space:]]/)) {
+                } else if (match($0, /^[0-9]+ \([A-Z]\) /)) {
                     clr = highlight("PRI_" substr($0, RSTART + RLENGTH - 3, 1))
                     print \
                         (clr ? clr : highlight("PRI_X")) \