diff --git a/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg b/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
index 160e1f3..117e3d7 100755
--- a/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ body="$(
 declare -a pats msg
 pats=(
 	"^([-_,*(){}./a-zA-Z0-9]+:)+ "
-	"[A-Z]"
+	"([\`'\"]|[A-Z])"
 	".*[^.]$"
 )
 msg=(