diff --git a/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg b/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
index ede0a11..a25f047 100755
--- a/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ body="$(
 # error messages are printed for the different 'levels' of the pattern.
 declare -a pats msg
 pats=(
-	"^([-_,*(){}./a-zA-Z0-9]+:)+ "
-	"([\`'\"]|[A-Z])"
+	"^(.+:)+ "
+	"([A-Z\`'\"])"
 	".*[^.]$"
 )
 msg=(