diff --git a/lib/codereview/codereview.py b/lib/codereview/codereview.py
index 78e7e1b..7043abc 100644
--- a/lib/codereview/codereview.py
+++ b/lib/codereview/codereview.py
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@
 	_, incoming, _ = findcommonincoming(repo, getremote(ui, repo, opts))
 	return incoming
 
-desc_re = '^(.+: |tag release\.|release\.|fix build)'
+desc_re = '^(.+: |(tag )?(release|weekly)\.|fix build)'
 
 desc_msg = '''Your CL description appears not to use the standard form.