diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
index 5cf32f6..ac463c4 100644
--- a/.gitlint
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ ignore=body-is-missing,body-min-length
 line-length=80
 
 # Every message must start with an upper case letter
+# and does not contain “#”
 [title-match-regex]
-regex=^[A-Z]
+regex=^[A-Z][^#]*$
 
 [ignore-by-title]
 regex=^(amend|fixup|squash).*