diff --git a/CHEATSHEET.md b/CHEATSHEET.md
index 5a088ae..ef65a38 100644
--- a/CHEATSHEET.md
+++ b/CHEATSHEET.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ Note that the prerequisites is *not* a list.
      
      $@    the target
      $*    the target w/o a filename suffix
-     $^    the prerequisites, as a single string
+     $^    the prerequisites, as a single space-separated string
      $<    the first prerequisite
      $?    the prerequisites that are files newer than the target file
+           as a single space-separated string