diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85f4751..ec80f0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ version_pattern = "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
 
 [bumpver:file_patterns]
 setup.py
-    version="{version}",
+    version="{version}",$
 src/mymodule/__init__.py
-    __version__ = "{version}"
+    ^__version__ = "{version}"$
 ```
 
 Using this configuration, the output of `bumpver update --dry` might look something like this:
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7e2f050..ee2454f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ bootstrapit.sh =
 setup.cfg =
     current_version = "{version}"
 setup.py =
-    version="{pep440_version}",
+    version="{pep440_version}",$
 src/bumpver/__init__.py =
-    __version__ = "{version}"
+    ^__version__ = "{version}"$
 src/bumpver/cli.py =
     @click.version_option(version="{version}")
 src/bumpver/*.py =