diff --git a/seed/challenges/basic-javascript.json b/seed/challenges/basic-javascript.json
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--- a/seed/challenges/basic-javascript.json
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@@ -1081,10 +1081,11 @@
       "title": "Find White Space with Regular Expressions",
       "difficulty":"9.986",
       "description":[
-        "We can also use selectors like <code>\\s</code> to find spaces in a string.",
+        "We can also use selectors like <code>\\s</code> to find white space in a string.",
+        "The white space characters are <code>\" \"</code> (space), <code>\\r</code> (carriage return), <code>\\n</code> (newline), <code>\\t</code> (tab), <code>\\f</code> (form feed).",
         "It is used like this:",
         "<code>/\\s+/g</code>",
-        "Select all the spaces in the sentence string."
+        "Select all the white space characters in the sentence string."
       ],
       "tests":[
         "assert(test === 7, 'Your RegEx should have found seven spaces in the <code>testString</code>.');",