diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
index ce130af98dcb3e964972268e48420ab79239f2e2..a6b256cd489c98d72edf34d7808b25576d976d07 100755
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ int	pgindent_func_no_var_fix;\
 			line3 = $0;  
 			if (skips > 0)
 				skips--;
-			if (line1 ~ "		*{$" &&
+			if (line1 ~ "	*{$" &&
 			    line2 ~ "^$" &&
 			    line3 ~ "		*/\\*$")
 			{