diff --git a/commands/pull_request.go b/commands/pull_request.go
index f2edc9893666db09b93a870b236ed852e5ab071d..c67e7bf3ffdcbf086b1019f1e9e7e67740d86090 100644
--- a/commands/pull_request.go
+++ b/commands/pull_request.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ of text is the title and the rest is the description.`, fullBase, fullHead))
 			message, err = git.Show(commits[0])
 			utils.Check(err)
 
-			re := regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)\n^Signed-off-by:\s.*$`)
+			re := regexp.MustCompile(`\nSigned-off-by:\s.*$`)
 			message = re.ReplaceAllString(message, "")
 		} else if len(commits) > 1 {
 			commitLogs, err = git.Log(baseTracking, headForMessage)
diff --git a/features/pull_request.feature b/features/pull_request.feature
index d1589a7ddfbb30a6abbd1718185e20d71667d84e..2c8362041076d203f6f01137d8d870ffc2aa06ab 100644
--- a/features/pull_request.feature
+++ b/features/pull_request.feature
@@ -81,14 +81,20 @@ Feature: hub pull-request
       post('/repos/mislav/coral/pulls') {
         halt 400 if request.content_charset != 'utf-8'
         assert :title => 'This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped & references #1234',
-               :body => nil
+               :body => 'Hello'
         status 201
         json :html_url => "the://url"
       }
       """
     Given I am on the "master" branch pushed to "origin/master"
     When I successfully run `git checkout --quiet -b topic`
-    Given I make a commit with message "This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped & references #1234"
+    Given I make a commit with message:
+      """
+      This is somewhat of a longish title that does not get wrapped & references #1234
+
+      Hello
+      Signed-off-by: NAME <email@example.com>
+      """
     And the "topic" branch is pushed to "origin/topic"
     When I successfully run `hub pull-request`
     Then the output should contain exactly "the://url\n"