From 0f444ba3a786d6baca41acb4a9e81ef7ec26c1c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Herrtian <70463940+Herrtian@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 19:16:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Document whitespace in quoted dependency specifiers

---
 source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst b/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
index 99886563c..fb7836bc9 100644
--- a/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
+++ b/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ Whitespace
 Non line-breaking whitespace is mostly optional with no semantic meaning. The
 sole exception is detecting the end of a URL requirement.
 
+When a dependency specifier is written as a quoted string, authors may keep
+optional whitespace for readability, such as around version specifiers and
+version clauses.
+
 .. _dependency-specifiers-names:
 
 Names