diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e87be04..a3d5a20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ min and max allowed values can be inserted.
 
 Just after registering the SupportServiceProvider, the following new custom validators will be available:
 
-- alpha_complete : The following characters are allowed: letters, numbers, spaces, slashes and several punctuation characters _ ! . , : / ; ? & ( ) [ ] { }
+- alpha_complete : The following characters are allowed: letters, numbers, spaces, slashes, pipes and several punctuation characters | = # _ ! . , : / ; ? & ( ) [ ] { }
 - alpha_space : The following characters are allowed: letters, numbers and spaces
 - alpha_underscore : The following characters are allowed: letters, numbers and underscores
 - alpha_names : The following characters are allowed: letters, menus, apostrophes, underscores and spaces
diff --git a/src/MicheleAngioni/Support/CustomValidators.php b/src/MicheleAngioni/Support/CustomValidators.php
index f379843..6812005 100644
--- a/src/MicheleAngioni/Support/CustomValidators.php
+++ b/src/MicheleAngioni/Support/CustomValidators.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class CustomValidators extends \Illuminate\Validation\Validator
 {
 
     /**
-     * alpha_complete permits the following UNICODE characters: alphabetic, numbers, spaces, slashes, ed some punctuation characters
+     * alpha_complete permits the following UNICODE characters: alphabetic, numbers, spaces, slashes, pipes ed some punctuation characters
      * N.B. In order to add the '?' the \\ must be used
      * N.B. The final u is a modifier, see http://php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.modifiers.php
      *
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class CustomValidators extends \Illuminate\Validation\Validator
      */
     public function validateAlphaComplete($attribute, $value)
     {
-        return preg_match('/^([-\p{L}*0-9_+!.,:\/;\\?&\(\)\[\]\{\}\'\"\s])+$/u', $value);
+        return preg_match('/^([|=#-\p{L}*0-9_+!.,:\/;\\?&\(\)\[\]\{\}\'\"\s])+$/u', $value);
     }
 
     /**