diff --git a/src/relative.rs b/src/relative.rs
index b004d2d..c5848e0 100644
--- a/src/relative.rs
+++ b/src/relative.rs
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ impl Months for Duration {
 lazy_static! {
     static ref FULL_RELATIVE_PATTERN: Regex = Regex::new(concat!(
         "(?<sign>[-+])?",
-        r"(?:(?<year>\d+)\s?(?:y|yrs?|years?))?",
-        r"(?:(?<month>\d+)\s?(?:mon|months?))?",
-        r"(?:(?<week>\d+)\s?(?:w|wks?|weeks?))?",
-        r"(?:(?<day>\d+)\s?(?:d|days?))?",
-        r"(?:(?<hour>\d+)\s?(?:h|hrs?|hours?))?",
-        r"(?:(?<minute>\d+)\s?(?:m|mins?|minutes?))?",
-        r"(?:(?<second>\d+)\s?(?:s|secs?|seconds?))?"
+        r"(?:(?<year>\d+)\s?(?:years?|yrs?|y)\s*)?",
+        r"(?:(?<month>\d+)\s?(?:months?|mon)\s*)?",
+        r"(?:(?<week>\d+)\s?(?:weeks?|wks?|w)\s*)?",
+        r"(?:(?<day>\d+)\s?(?:days?|d)\s*)?",
+        r"(?:(?<hour>\d+)\s?(?:hours?|hrs?|h)\s*)?",
+        r"(?:(?<minute>\d+)\s?(?:minutes?|mins?|m)\s*)?",
+        r"(?:(?<second>\d+)\s?(?:seconds?|secs?|s)\s*)?"
     ))
     .unwrap();
 }