diff --git a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
index 19840f54e..dbf0e0e72 100644
--- a/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
+++ b/detect_secrets/plugins/keyword.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
     'secret',
     'secrete',
 )
+'''
+Deprecated false positives list. This will be migrated soon.
 FALSE_POSITIVES = {
     '""',
     '""):',
@@ -142,14 +144,15 @@
     '{',
     '{{',
 }
+'''
 # Includes ], ', " as closing
 CLOSING = r'[]\'"]{0,2}'
 DENYLIST_REGEX = r'|'.join(DENYLIST)
 # Non-greedy match
-OPTIONAL_WHITESPACE = r'\s*?'
+OPTIONAL_WHITESPACE = r'\s*'
 OPTIONAL_NON_WHITESPACE = r'[^\s]{0,50}?'
 QUOTE = r'[\'"]'
-SECRET = r'[^\s]+'
+SECRET = r'[^\r\n]+'
 SQUARE_BRACKETS = r'(\[\])'
 
 FOLLOWED_BY_COLON_EQUAL_SIGNS_REGEX = re.compile(