diff --git a/docs/GNUmakefile b/docs/GNUmakefile
index 7c72b9171..cfa028998 100644
--- a/docs/GNUmakefile
+++ b/docs/GNUmakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 VER=	$(shell grep 'define NGINX_VERSION' src/core/nginx.h		\
-		| sed -e 's/^.*\"\(.*\)\"/\1/')
+		| sed -e 's/^.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/')
 NGINX=	nginx-$(VER)
 TEMP=	tmp
 CP=	$(HOME)/java
diff --git a/misc/GNUmakefile b/misc/GNUmakefile
index 373569650..31fe24cea 100644
--- a/misc/GNUmakefile
+++ b/misc/GNUmakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 VER =		$(shell grep 'define NGINX_VERSION' src/core/nginx.h	\
-			| sed -e 's/^.*\"\(.*\)\"/\1/')
+			| sed -e 's/^.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/')
 NGINX =		nginx-$(VER)
 TEMP =		tmp
 REPO =		$(shell svn info | sed -n 's/^Repository Root: //p')