diff --git a/R/package.R b/R/package.R
index 47f19f3f2..6747f92f7 100644
--- a/R/package.R
+++ b/R/package.R
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ read_meta <- function(path, check_path = TRUE, call = caller_env()) {
         # (<<path>>) Parser error: <<parsing error>>
         yaml_err <- conditionMessage(e)
         # extract parsing error from original error (i.e. remove the path)
-        parsing_error <- sub("[^\\)]+\\)", "", yaml_err)
+        parsing_error <- sub("[^\\)]+\\)\\s", "", yaml_err)
         # Extract path from original error
         path_yaml <- regmatches(yaml_err, m = regexpr("\\(([^\\)]+)\\)", yaml_err))
         path_yaml <- gsub("\\(([^\\)]+)\\)", "\\1", path_yaml)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/_snaps/package.md b/tests/testthat/_snaps/package.md
index 00cf48f8e..01fdc3913 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/_snaps/package.md
+++ b/tests/testthat/_snaps/package.md
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
     Condition
       Error:
       x Could not parse the config file.
-      !  Parser error: while parsing a block mapping at line 1, column 1 did not find expected key at line 9, column 3
+      ! Parser error: while parsing a block mapping at line 1, column 1 did not find expected key at line 9, column 3
       i Edit 'assets/bad-yaml/_pkgdown.yml' to fix the problem.