diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index b23a5ca95a1..0541b16d625 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ the staging area."
     ;; The first shy group matches the characters drawn by --graph.
     ;; We use numbered groups because `log-view-message-re' wants the
     ;; revision number to be group 1.
-    "^\\(?:[*/\\| ]+ \\)?\\(?2: ([^)]+)\\)?\\(?1:[0-9a-z]+\\)..: \
+    "^\\(?:[*/\\| ]+ \\)?\\(?2: ([^)]+)\\)?\\(?1:[0-9a-z]+\\)\\.\\.: \
 \\(?3:.*?\\)[ \t]+\\(?4:[0-9]\\{4\\}-[0-9]\\{2\\}-[0-9]\\{2\\}\\)"
     ((1 'log-view-message)
      (2 'change-log-list nil lax)