diff --git a/include/phone.it.inc b/include/phone.it.inc
index 3906829..0ca5881 100644
--- a/include/phone.it.inc
+++ b/include/phone.it.inc
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@
 function phone_it_metadata() {
   // These strings are translated using t() on output.
   return array(
-    'error' => '"%value" is not a valid Italian phone number<br>Italian phone numbers should only ...',
+    'error' => '"%value" is not a valid Italian phone number<br>Italian phone numbers should be like 999 999/999999.',
   );
 }
 
 /**
- * Verifies that $phonenumber is valid 
+ * Verifies that $phonenumber is valid
  *
  * @param string $phonenumber
  * @return boolean Returns boolean FALSE if the phone number is not valid.
  */
 function valid_it_phone_number($phonenumber) {
   // define regular expression
-  $regex = "/^(\+39)?[ ]?([0-9]{2,3}(\/|-| )?[0-9]{6,7})$/i";
+  $regex = "/^(\+39)?[\s]?([0-9]{2,3}(\/|-|\s)?[0-9]{6,8})$/i";
 
   // return true if valid, false otherwise
   return (bool) preg_match($regex, $phonenumber);
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ function format_it_phone_number($phonenumber, $field) {
   //$phonenumber = trim($phonenumber);
 
    // do some formatting on the phone number
-   $phonenumber = str_replace("[ -]", "", $phonenumber);
+   $phonenumber = str_replace("[\s-]", "", $phonenumber);
 
    if ($field['phone_country_code']) {
       if ($matches[1] != "+39") {
-  	$phonenumber = "+39" . " " . $phonenumber;
+        $phonenumber = "+39" . " " . $phonenumber;
       }
    }