--- a/contrib/check-commit	Fri Feb 05 16:52:02 2016 -0600
+++ b/contrib/check-commit	Fri Feb 05 16:54:01 2016 -0600
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
      "summary keyword should be most user-relevant one-word command or topic"),
     (afterheader + r".*\.\s*\n", "don't add trailing period on summary line"),
     (afterheader + r".{79,}", "summary line too long (limit is 78)"),
-    (r"\n\+\n \n", "adds double empty line"),
+    (r"\n\+\n( |\+)\n", "adds double empty line"),
     (r"\n \n\+\n", "adds double empty line"),
     (r"\n\+[ \t]+def [a-z]+_[a-z]", "adds a function with foo_bar naming"),
 ]