diff --git a/changelog.sh b/changelog.sh
index 00eaa1bc9..ec4849f63 100755
--- a/changelog.sh
+++ b/changelog.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ if [[ -z $since ]] ; then
 	since="$(git describe --abbrev=0 HEAD^).."
 fi
 
-git log --reverse --pretty=format:'* %s, @%aN)' "$since" | egrep 'fixes #\d|ref #\d' | sed 's/),/,/' | sed 's/fixes #/#/g' | sed 's/ref #/#/g'
+git log --reverse --pretty=format:'* %s, @%aN)' "$since" | egrep 'fixes #\d|ref #\d' | sed 's/)[,. ]*,/,/' | sed 's/fixes #/#/g' | sed 's/ref #/#/g'