diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ec4d9e08..8908b7cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Features
 
 - `$BAT_CONFIG_DIR` is now a recognized environment variable. It has precedence over `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`, see #1727 (@billrisher)
-- Support for `x:+x` syntax in line ranges (e.g. `20:+10`). See  #1810 (@bojan88)
+- Support for `x:+delta` syntax in line ranges (e.g. `20:+10`). See  #1810 (@bojan88)
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/src/line_range.rs b/src/line_range.rs
index d014d688..1cd3a20d 100644
--- a/src/line_range.rs
+++ b/src/line_range.rs
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ impl LineRange {
             2 => {
                 new_range.lower = line_numbers[0].parse()?;
 
-                new_range.upper = if line_numbers[1].bytes().next().unwrap() == b'+' {
+                new_range.upper = if line_numbers[1].bytes().next() == Some(b'+') {
                     let more_lines = &line_numbers[1][1..]
                         .parse()
-                        .map_err(|_| "Invalid line number after +")?;
+                        .map_err(|_| "Invalid character after +")?;
                     new_range.lower + more_lines
                 } else {
                     line_numbers[1].parse()?