diff --git a/scripts/check-git-log.sh b/scripts/check-git-log.sh
index c7fc0e45cd..7ea4458b1f 100755
--- a/scripts/check-git-log.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-git-log.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bad=$(echo "$headlines" | grep --color=always \
 	-e '\.$' \
 	-e '[,;!?&|]' \
 	-e ':.*_' \
-	-e '^[^:]*$' \
+	-e '^[^:]\+$' \
 	-e ':[^ ]' \
 	-e ' :' \
 	| sed 's,^,\t,')