diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm b/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
index 20207d757..01cd79668 100755
--- a/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
@@ -3419,7 +3419,7 @@ FW_widgetOverride($$)
         </ul>
         Second form:<br>
         <ul>
-        Perl regexp enclosed in {}. If the code returns undef, then the default
+        Perl code enclosed in {}. If the code returns undef, then the default
         icon is used, if it retuns a string enclosed in <>, then it is
         interpreted as an html string. Else the string is interpreted as a
         devStateIcon of the first fom, see above.
diff --git a/fhem/fhem.pl b/fhem/fhem.pl
index e0e1c7764..2898f02c8 100755
--- a/fhem/fhem.pl
+++ b/fhem/fhem.pl
@@ -2721,15 +2721,16 @@ CommandAttr($$)
       }
     }
 
-    my %ra = ("suppressReading"            => 1,
-              "event-on-update-reading"    => 1,
-              "event-on-change-reading"    => 2,
-              "timestamp-on-change-reading"=> 1,
-              "event-min-interval"         => 2);
+    my %ra = ("suppressReading"            => { s=>"\n" },
+              "event-on-update-reading"    => { s=>"," },
+              "event-on-change-reading"    => { s=>",", r=>":.*" },
+              "timestamp-on-change-reading"=> { s=>"," },
+              "event-min-interval"         => { s=>",", r=>";.*" },
+              "devStateIcon"               => { s=>" ", r=>":.*" } );
     if(defined($a[2]) && $ra{$attrName}) {
       my $lval = $a[2];
-      $lval =~ s/:.*// if($ra{$attrName} == 2);
-      for my $v (split(",", $lval)) {
+      for my $v (split($ra{$attrName}{s}, $lval)) {
+        $v =~ s/$ra{$attrName}{r}// if($ra{$attrName}{r});
         my $err = "Argument $v for attr $sdev $a[1] is not a valid regexp";
         return "$err: use .* instead of *" if($v =~ /^\*/); # no err in eval!?
         eval { "Hallo" =~ m/^$v$/ };