diff --git a/GRAMMAR.md b/GRAMMAR.md
index 9fa3bea..e84cb18 100644
--- a/GRAMMAR.md
+++ b/GRAMMAR.md
@@ -10,21 +10,28 @@ tokens
 ------
 
 ```
-BACKTICK            = `[^`\n\r]*`
-COLON               = :
-COMMENT             = #([^!].*)?$
-NEWLINE             = \n|\r\n
-EQUALS              = =
-INTERPOLATION_START = {{
-INTERPOLATION_END   = }}
-NAME                = [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*
-PLUS                = +
-RAW_STRING          = '[^'\r\n]*'
-STRING              = "[^"]*" # also processes \n \r \t \" \\ escapes
-INDENT              = emitted when indentation increases
-DEDENT              = emitted when indentation decreases
-LINE                = emitted before a recipe line
-TEXT                = recipe text, only matches in a recipe body
+BACKTICK   = `[^`\n\r]*`
+COMMENT    = #([^!].*)?$
+DEDENT     = emitted when indentation decreases
+EOF        = emitted at the end of the file
+INDENT     = emitted when indentation increases
+LINE       = emitted before a recipe line
+NAME       = [a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*
+NEWLINE    = \n|\r\n
+RAW_STRING = '[^'\r\n]*'
+STRING     = "[^"]*" # also processes \n \r \t \" \\ escapes
+TEXT       = recipe text, only matches in a recipe body
+```
+
+grammar syntax
+--------------
+
+```
+|   alternation
+()  grouping
+_?  option (0 or 1 times)
+_*  repetition (0 or more times)
+_+  repetition (1 or more times)
 ```
 
 grammar
@@ -45,11 +52,13 @@ assignment    : NAME '=' expression eol
 
 export        : 'export' assignment
 
-expression    : STRING
+expression    : value '+' expression
+              | value
+
+value         : STRING
               | RAW_STRING
               | NAME
               | BACKTICK
-              | expression '+' expression
 
 recipe        : '@'? NAME parameter* ('+' parameter)? ':' dependencies? body?