diff --git a/contrib/surround/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/surround/parser/QueryParser.jj b/contrib/surround/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/surround/parser/QueryParser.jj
index 84a78e82833..65325676138 100644
--- a/contrib/surround/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/surround/parser/QueryParser.jj
+++ b/contrib/surround/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/surround/parser/QueryParser.jj
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ PARSER_END(QueryParser)
 }
 
 <DEFAULT> SKIP : {
-  <<_WHITESPACE>>
+  < <_WHITESPACE>>
 }
 
 /* Operator tokens (in increasing order of precedence): */