diff --git a/inc/parser/parser.php b/inc/parser/parser.php
index 0af0a71084f3138124b39b946766ac8cc7b4aebd..b1cae471d339e685fa948f411c3830a0a64bcf83 100644
--- a/inc/parser/parser.php
+++ b/inc/parser/parser.php
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ class Doku_Parser_Mode_multiplyentity extends Doku_Parser_Mode {
     function connectTo($mode) {
     
         $this->Lexer->addSpecialPattern(
-                    '(?<=\b)\d+[x|X]\d+(?=\b)',$mode,'multiplyentity'
+                    '(?<=\b)\d+[xX]\d+(?=\b)',$mode,'multiplyentity'
                 );
 
     }