diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25d7747..bb7d2b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ A typical Makefile-based build workflow would be:
     $ make all install
 
 If your tools are installed in non-standard locations
-(e.g. Bison Brew on Mac OS X), you can alter the search path with:
+(e.g. Homebrew on Mac OS X), you can alter the search path with:
 
     $ PATH=/path/to/ragel cmake ..
 
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ They are directly mapped on usual operators as follows:
 | maggiore uguale a/di | `>=`    |
 | minore uguale a/di   | `<=`    |
 
-So `2 più 4` means `2 + 4`.
+So `2 più 4` means `2 + 4`. `maggiore o uguale` is admitted as alternate
+form of the >= operator, same for `minore o uguale`.
 
 When evaluating binary expressions whose operands have different types,
 the type of the result will be the less restrictive between the two.
diff --git a/src/lexer.rl b/src/lexer.rl
index 0263a41..aaf3a27 100644
--- a/src/lexer.rl
+++ b/src/lexer.rl
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ initial := |*
   "con scappellamento a" => { advanceColumn(); fgoto shift; };
   "minore " di => { SET_TOKEN(OP_LT); fbreak; };
   "maggiore " di => { SET_TOKEN(OP_GT); fbreak; };
-  "minore o uguale " ("a"|di) => { SET_TOKEN(OP_LE); fbreak; };
-  "maggiore o uguale " ("a"|di) => { SET_TOKEN(OP_GE); fbreak; };
+  "minore " "o "? "uguale " ("a"|di) => { SET_TOKEN(OP_LE); fbreak; };
+  "maggiore " "o "? "uguale " ("a"|di) => { SET_TOKEN(OP_GE); fbreak; };
 
   "vaffanzum" => { SET_TOKEN(RETURN); fbreak; };
   "voglio" => { SET_TOKEN(VARDECL); fbreak; };