diff --git a/hack/validate/vendor b/hack/validate/vendor
index 5da3b89715..5d3121b4c9 100755
--- a/hack/validate/vendor
+++ b/hack/validate/vendor
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ validate_vendor_diff(){
 				echo
 				echo "$diffs"
 				echo
-				echo 'Please vendor your package with github.com/LK4D4/vndr.'
+				echo 'Please vendor your package with hack/vendor.sh.'
 				echo
 				if [ -n "$mfiles" ] ; then
 					git diff -- "$mfiles"
diff --git a/hack/vendor.sh b/hack/vendor.sh
index 67b9f738c2..3abc7b5d99 100755
--- a/hack/vendor.sh
+++ b/hack/vendor.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "archive/tar" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" != "archive/tar" ]; then
-	vndr -whitelist=^archive/tar "$@"
+	vndr -whitelist='^archive[/\\]tar' "$@"
 fi