diff --git a/docs/style-guide.rst b/docs/style-guide.rst
index a6582b1b6..9f1bcad53 100644
--- a/docs/style-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/style-guide.rst
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Whitespace in Expressions
 
 Avoid extraneous whitespace in the following  situations:
 
-Immediately inside parenthesis, brackets or braces.
+Immediately inside parenthesis, brackets or braces, with the exception of single-line function declarations.
 
 Yes::
 
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ No::
 
     spam( ham[ 1 ], Coin( { name: "ham" } ) );`
 
+Exception::
+
+    function singleLine() { spam(); }
+
 Immediately before a comma, semicolon:
 
 Yes::