diff --git a/docs/plugins/stockpiles.rst b/docs/plugins/stockpiles.rst
index 8093b6c1d..560ae2497 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/stockpiles.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/stockpiles.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ Usage
 
 Exported stockpile settings are saved in the ``dfhack-config/stockpiles``
 folder, where you can view and delete them, if desired. Names can only
-contain numbers, letters, periods, underscores, dashes, and spaces. If
-the name has spaces, be sure to surround it with double quotes (:kbd:`"`).
+contain numbers, letters, periods, and underscores.
 
 The names of library settings files are all prefixed by the string ``library/``.
 You can specify library files explicitly by including the prefix, or you can
diff --git a/plugins/lua/stockpiles.lua b/plugins/lua/stockpiles.lua
index f9c7d7b4a..6134f0a1b 100644
--- a/plugins/lua/stockpiles.lua
+++ b/plugins/lua/stockpiles.lua
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ local function assert_safe_name(name)
     if not name or #name == 0 then
         qerror('name missing or empty')
     end
-    if name:find('[^%a ._-]') then
-        qerror('name can only contain numbers, letters, periods, underscores, dashes, and spaces')
+    if name:find('[^%a._]') then
+        qerror('name can only contain numbers, letters, periods, and underscores')
     end
 end