diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/Parsers.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/Parsers.scala
index 16754646..f6011d3a 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/Parsers.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/Parsers.scala
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ trait Parsers {
         if (in1.atEnd)
           s
         else
-            lastNoSuccessVar.value filterNot { _.next.pos < in1.pos } getOrElse Failure("end of input expected", in1)
+          lastNoSuccessVar.value filterNot { _.next.pos < in1.pos } getOrElse Failure("end of input expected", in1)
         case ns => lastNoSuccessVar.value.getOrElse(ns)
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/RegexParsers.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/RegexParsers.scala
index f345fae0..52e781d0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/RegexParsers.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/RegexParsers.scala
@@ -137,8 +137,19 @@ trait RegexParsers extends Parsers {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * A parser generator delimiting whole phrases (i.e. programs).
+   *
+   * `phrase(p)` succeeds if `p` succeeds and no input is left over after `p`.
+   *
+   * @param p the parser that must consume all input for the resulting parser
+   *          to succeed.
+   *
+   * @return  a parser that has the same result as `p`, but that only succeeds
+   *          if `p` consumed all the input.
+   */
   override def phrase[T](p: Parser[T]): Parser[T] =
-    super.phrase(p <~ opt("""\z""".r))
+    super.phrase(p <~ "".r)
 
   /** Parse some prefix of reader `in` with parser `p`. */
   def parse[T](p: Parser[T], in: Reader[Char]): ParseResult[T] =
diff --git a/src/test/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/JavaTokenParsersTest.scala b/src/test/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/JavaTokenParsersTest.scala
index 5851a655..28cf1ba7 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/JavaTokenParsersTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/scala/util/parsing/combinator/JavaTokenParsersTest.scala
@@ -55,4 +55,67 @@ class JavaTokenParsersTest {
     parseFailure("with space", 6)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  def repeatedlyParsesTest: Unit = {
+    object TestTokenParser extends JavaTokenParsers
+    import TestTokenParser._
+    val p = ident ~ "(?i)AND".r.*
+
+    val parseResult = parseAll(p, "start")
+    parseResult match {
+      case Success(r, _) =>
+        assertEquals("start", r._1)
+        assertEquals(0, r._2.size)
+      case _ => sys.error(parseResult.toString)
+    }
+
+    val parseResult1 = parseAll(p, "start start")
+    parseResult1 match {
+      case e @ Failure(message, next) =>
+        assertEquals(next.pos.column, 7)
+        assert(message.endsWith("string matching regex `(?i)AND' expected but `s' found"))
+      case _ => sys.error(parseResult1.toString)
+    }
+
+    val parseResult2 = parseAll(p, "start AND AND")
+    parseResult2 match {
+      case Success(r, _) =>
+        assertEquals("start", r._1)
+        assertEquals("AND AND", r._2.mkString(" "))
+      case _ => sys.error(parseResult2.toString)
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def optionParserTest: Unit = {
+    object TestTokenParser extends JavaTokenParsers
+    import TestTokenParser._
+    val p = opt(ident)
+
+    val parseResult = parseAll(p, "-start")
+    parseResult match {
+      case Failure(message, next) =>
+        assertEquals(next.pos.line, 1)
+        assertEquals(next.pos.column, 1)
+        assert(message.endsWith(s"regex `\\p{javaJavaIdentifierStart}\\p{javaJavaIdentifierPart}*' expected but `-' found"))
+      case _ => sys.error(parseResult.toString)
+    }
+
+    val parseResult2 = parseAll(p, "start ")
+    parseResult2 match {
+      case Success(r, _) =>
+        assertEquals(r, Some("start"))
+      case _ =>
+        sys.error(parseResult2.toString)
+    }
+
+    val parseResult3 = parseAll(p, "start")
+    parseResult3 match {
+      case Success(r, _) =>
+        assertEquals(r, Some("start"))
+      case _ => sys.error(parseResult3.toString)
+    }
+  }
+
+
 }