diff --git a/spec/message.abnf b/spec/message.abnf
index b38bd2adea..30c3415584 100644
--- a/spec/message.abnf
+++ b/spec/message.abnf
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ private-start  = "^" / "&"
 ; future versions of this specification
 reserved       = reserved-start reserved-body
 reserved-start = "!" / "@" / "#" / "%" / "*" / "<" / ">" / "/" / "?" / "~"
-reserved-body  = *( [s] 1*(reserved-char / reserved-escape / literal))
+reserved-body  = *( [s] 1*(reserved-char / reserved-escape / quoted))
+
 reserved-char  = %x00-08        ; omit HTAB and LF
                / %x0B-0C        ; omit CR
                / %x0E-19        ; omit SP
diff --git a/spec/syntax.md b/spec/syntax.md
index 29f2100c62..c57495f2ba 100644
--- a/spec/syntax.md
+++ b/spec/syntax.md
@@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ unrecognized reserved sequences have no meaning and MAY result in errors during
 ```abnf
 reserved       = reserved-start reserved-body
 reserved-start = "!" / "@" / "#" / "%" / "*" / "<" / ">" / "/" / "?" / "~"
-reserved-body  = *( [s] 1*(reserved-char / reserved-escape / literal))
+
+reserved-body  = *( [s] 1*(reserved-char / reserved-escape / quoted))
 reserved-char  = %x00-08        ; omit HTAB and LF
                / %x0B-0C        ; omit CR
                / %x0E-19        ; omit SP