diff --git a/src/etc/security b/src/etc/security
index d68f15fc..742ab89f 100644
--- a/src/etc/security
+++ b/src/etc/security
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: security,v 1.3 1996/05/26 10:25:29 deraadt Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: security,v 1.4 1996/07/07 09:35:26 deraadt Exp $
 #
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ while read uid homedir; do
 			awk '{
 				if ($0 ~ /^+@.*$/ )
 					next;
-				if ($0 ~ /^+.*$/ )
+				if ($0 ~ /^\+[ 	]*$/ )
 					printf("%s has + sign in it.\n",
 					    FILENAME);
 			}' ${homedir}/$j