diff --git a/phone.br.inc b/phone.br.inc
index 88184d6..b59d13c 100644
--- a/phone.br.inc
+++ b/phone.br.inc
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  * CCK Field for Brazilian phone numbers.
  * (based on CCK Field for French phone numbers.)
  */
-define('PHONE_BR_REGEX', "/^(\+|0{2}|)?(55|0|)[ -.]?((\(0?[1-9][0-9]\))|(0?[1-9][0-9]))[ -.]?([1-9][0-9]{2,3})[ -.]?([0-9]{4})$/");
+define('PHONE_BR_REGEX', "/^(\+|0{2}|)?(55|0|)[\s-.]?((\(0?[1-9][0-9]\))|(0?[1-9][0-9]))[\s-.]?([1-9][0-9]{2,4})[\s-.]?([0-9]{4})$/");

 function phone_br_metadata() {
   return array(
     'label' => ' Phone Numbers - Brazil',
-    'error' => '"%value" is not a valid Brazilian phone number<br>Brazilian phone numbers should contain only numbers and spaces and - and be like 099 9999-9999 or 99 9999-9999 with an optional prefix of "+55".',
+    'error' => '"%value" is not a valid Brazilian phone number<br>Brazilian phone numbers should contain only numbers and spaces and - and be like 099 9999-9999, 99 9999-9999 or 99 99999-9999  with an optional prefix of "+55".',
   );
 }

diff --git a/phone.module b/phone.module
index 76e9f3f..d7b9e48 100644
--- a/phone.module
+++ b/phone.module
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ function phone_field($op, &$node, $field, &$node_field, $teaser, $page) {
             form_set_error($field['field_name'], t('"%value" is not a valid New Zealand phone number!<br>New Zealand phone numbers should contain only numbers, spaces, brackets and "-". They should look like 04 123 4567 or can optionally omit the leading 0 and have a prefix of "+64".', array('%value' => $item['value'])));
           }
           if ($field['type'] == 'br_phone' && !valid_phone_number('br', $item['value'])) {
-            form_set_error($field['field_name'], t('"%value" is not a valid Brazilian phone number!<br>Brazilian phone numbers should contain only numbers and spaces and - and be like 099 9999-9999 or 99 9999-9999 with an optional prefix of "+55".', array('%value' => $item['value'])));
+            form_set_error($field['field_name'], t('"%value" is not a valid Brazilian phone number!<br>Brazilian phone numbers should contain only numbers and spaces and - and be like 099 9999-9999, 99 9999-9999 or 99 99999-9999 with an optional prefix of "+55".', array('%value' => $item['value'])));
           }
           if ($field['type'] == 'cl_phone' && !valid_phone_number('cl', $item['value'])) {
             form_set_error($field['field_name'], t('"%value" is not a valid Chilian phone number!<br>Chilean phone numbers should ...', array('%value' => $item['value'])));