diff --git a/contrib/check-code.py b/contrib/check-code.py
index 8db4ca76841674ab14974539116b454ddbc9500f_Y29udHJpYi9jaGVjay1jb2RlLnB5..dd000a958364f44fd048e991e4f7eaba6121f7a7_Y29udHJpYi9jaGVjay1jb2RlLnB5 100755
--- a/contrib/check-code.py
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     (r'\bsed\b.*[^\\]\\n', "don't use 'sed ... \\n', use a \\ and a newline"),
     (r'env.*-u', "don't use 'env -u VAR', use 'unset VAR'"),
     (r'cp.* -r ', "don't use 'cp -r', use 'cp -R'"),
-    (r'grep.* -[ABC] ', "don't use grep's context flags"),
+    (r'grep.* -[ABC]', "don't use grep's context flags"),
   ],
   # warnings
   [