diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
index b3bb324d74..8955a6d31e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/rubocops/text.rb
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module RuboCop
         # Check whether value starts with the formula name and then a "/", " " or EOS.
         # If we're checking for "#{bin}", we also check for "-" since similar binaries also don't need interpolation.
         def path_starts_with?(path, starts_with, bin: false)
-          ending = bin ? "/| |-|$" : "/| |$"
+          ending = bin ? "/|-|$" : "/| |$"
           path.match?(/^#{Regexp.escape(starts_with)}(#{ending})/)
         end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text/strict_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text/strict_spec.rb
index 8ccd8ef678..92bca3593d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text/strict_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/rubocops/text/strict_spec.rb
@@ -145,12 +145,11 @@ RSpec.describe RuboCop::Cop::FormulaAuditStrict::Text do
       RUBY
     end
 
-    it 'reports an offense if "\#{bin}" is in a `shell_output` string' do
-      expect_offense(<<~RUBY, "/homebrew-core/Formula/foo.rb")
+    it 'does not report an offense if \#{bin}/foo and then a space and more text' do
+      expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY, "/homebrew-core/Formula/foo.rb")
         class Foo < Formula
           test do
             shell_output("\#{bin}/foo --version")
-                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FormulaAuditStrict/Text: Use `bin/"foo"` instead of `"\#{bin}/foo"`
           end
         end
       RUBY