diff --git a/bash-abbr b/bash-abbr
index 14f7136..c1b0c0a 100644
--- a/bash-abbr
+++ b/bash-abbr
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ _redir_or_assign_word () {
                _redir_in_or_out='>|<' \
                _close_or_move_fd='&[[:digit:]]*-?' \
                _redir_or_append_out_and_err='(&)(>>?)' \
-               _heredoc_herestring_in_out_etc='>>?|<(>|<(-?|<))?' \
+               _heredoc_herestring_in_out_etc='>(>|\|)?|<(>|<(-?|<))?' \
                _identifier_equals='[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]]*=' \
                _simple_unquoted_word='[^[:blank:]<>&;()|'\''"`$]+' \
                _double_quoted_string='\$?"([^"]|\\")*"' \