diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index dd0e5d17100..2dc82bf403e 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-06-30  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+	* emacs-lisp/rx.el (rx-constituents): Fix up `anything'.
+
 2007-06-29  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
 
 	* generic-x.el (generic-define-mswindows-modes)
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/rx.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/rx.el
index 54f88ba3ea5..6caa77220bb 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/rx.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/rx.el
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     (|			. or)		; SRE
     (not-newline	. ".")
     (nonl		. not-newline)	; SRE
-    (anything		. ".\\|\n")
+    (anything		. "\\(?:.\\|\n\\)")
     (any		. (rx-any 1 nil rx-check-any)) ; inconsistent with SRE
     (in			. any)
     (char		. any)		; sregex