lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 23cb369bedb3e18414f4c050990caa70275bfb36..d1bb93566a5f9fddbf74b270e480665a829e33c9 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ 		# drop quotes, including the "so-and-so wrote:" line
 		$s =~ s/(?:^[^\n]*:\s*\n)?(?:^>[^\n]*\n)+(?:^\s*\n)?//mg;
 
 		# Drop signatures
-		$s =~ s/\n*-- \n.*\z//s;
+		$s =~ s/^-- \n.*\z//ms;
 
 		# drop the remainder of git patches, they're usually better
 		# to review when the full message is viewed
-		if ($s =~ s/\n*---\n.*\z//s) {
+		if ($s =~ s/^---\n.*\z//ms) {
 			$more = "$pfx...\n";
 		}