diff --git a/robo.example.yml b/robo.example.yml
index b5e104f..5bab978 100644
--- a/robo.example.yml
+++ b/robo.example.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ command:
         options:
         # This is used as a token replacement. It is most useful for 'pattern' so
         # you can ensure that commit and branch names have a issue number in them
-        # so that Jira, Github, or Gitlab know which commits and branches belong
+        # so that Jira, GitHub, or Gitlab know which commits and branches belong
         # to which issue.
-        # For example, if you bitbucket issue was XZY-1234, you canmake project-id
+        # For example, if you bitbucket issue was XZY-1234, you can make project-id
         # XYZ.
         project-id: ''
         # Used in 'validate:coding-standards'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ command:
         coding-standards:
             options:
                 # This is initially configured for Drupal. However, this can be any PHPCS standard.
-                # Individual PHPCS commands cannot use more than one standar, so this will cause
+                # Individual PHPCS commands cannot use more than one standard, so this will cause
                 # the same command to be run for each standard for each path.
                 standards:
                     - Drupal
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ command:
                 # The regular expression that much match for all commits not in 'target-branch'.
                 # Note how {$project_id} is not part of the pattern but replaced with whatever is
                 # in 'project-id' before the regular expression is used.
-                pattern: '/^{$project_id}-(\d{4}): /'
+                pattern: '/^{$project_id}-(\d+): /'
                 # These next two describe how the commits should be formed.
                 short-help: 'Commit messages must start with: ''{$project_id}-x:y'''
                 long-help:
diff --git a/src/Robo/Plugin/Commands/ValidateCommands.php b/src/Robo/Plugin/Commands/ValidateCommands.php
index 7fe1579..1646ca3 100644
--- a/src/Robo/Plugin/Commands/ValidateCommands.php
+++ b/src/Robo/Plugin/Commands/ValidateCommands.php
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ public function validateCommitMessages(
             'project-id' => '',
             'target-branch' => 'develop',
             'git-remote' => 'origin',
-            'pattern' => '/^{$project_id}-(\d{4}): /',
+            'pattern' => '/^{$project_id}-(\d+): /',
             'short-help' => 'Commit messages must start with: \'{$project_id}-x:y\'',
             'long-help' => [
                 'Where x is the ticket number.',