diff -r 9a75d2559cff -r 6500a2eebee8 contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py	Wed Mar 19 23:04:03 2014 -0700
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py	Tue Apr 01 15:11:19 2014 -0500
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
     (r'\s<>\s', '<> operator is not available in Python 3+, use !='),
     (r'^\s*\t', "don't use tabs"),
     (r'\S;\s*\n', "semicolon"),
-    (r'[^_]_\("[^"]+"\s*%', "don't use % inside _()"),
-    (r"[^_]_\('[^']+'\s*%", "don't use % inside _()"),
+    (r'[^_]_\((?:"[^"]+"[ \t\n+]*)+%', "don't use % inside _()"),
+    (r"[^_]_\((?:'[^']+'[ \t\n+]*)+%", "don't use % inside _()"),
     (r'(\w|\)),\w', "missing whitespace after ,"),
     (r'(\w|\))[+/*\-<>]\w', "missing whitespace in expression"),
     (r'^\s+(\w|\.)+=\w[^,()\n]*$', "missing whitespace in assignment"),