diff --git a/t/chainlint.sed b/t/chainlint.sed
index 2689e13636..b382746526 100644
--- a/t/chainlint.sed
+++ b/t/chainlint.sed
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
 
 # here-doc -- swallow it to avoid false hits within its body (but keep the
 # command to which it was attached)
-/<<[ 	]*[-\\'"]*[A-Za-z0-9_]/ {
-	s/^\(.*\)<<[ 	]*[-\\'"]*\([A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\)['"]*/<\2>\1<</
+/<<-*[ 	]*[\\'"]*[A-Za-z0-9_]/ {
+	s/^\(.*\)<<-*[ 	]*[\\'"]*\([A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\)['"]*/<\2>\1<</
 	s/[ 	]*<<//
 	:hered
 	N
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ s/.*\n//
 }
 :folded
 # here-doc -- swallow it
-/<<[ 	]*[-\\'"]*[A-Za-z0-9_]/bheredoc
+/<<-*[ 	]*[\\'"]*[A-Za-z0-9_]/bheredoc
 # comment or empty line -- discard since final non-comment, non-empty line
 # before closing ")", "done", "elsif", "else", or "fi" will need to be
 # re-visited to drop "suspect" marking since final line of those constructs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ bfolded
 # found here-doc -- swallow it to avoid false hits within its body (but keep
 # the command to which it was attached)
 :heredoc
-s/^\(.*\)<<[ 	]*[-\\'"]*\([A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\)['"]*/<\2>\1<</
+s/^\(.*\)<<-*[ 	]*[\\'"]*\([A-Za-z0-9_][A-Za-z0-9_]*\)['"]*/<\2>\1<</
 s/[ 	]*<<//
 :hdocsub
 N