diff --git a/filters/commit-links.sh b/filters/commit-links.sh
index 165a533..110c609 100755
--- a/filters/commit-links.sh
+++ b/filters/commit-links.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# This script can be used to generate links in commit messages - the first
-# sed expression generates links to commits referenced by their SHA1, while
-# the second expression generates links to a fictional bugtracker.
+# This script can be used to generate links in commit messages.
 #
 # To use this script, refer to this file with either the commit-filter or the
 # repo.commit-filter options in cgitrc.
 
-sed -re '
-s|\b([0-9a-fA-F]{8,40})\b|<a href="./?id=\1">\1</a>|g
-s| #([0-9]+)\b|<a href="http://bugs.example.com/?bug=\1">#\1</a>|g
-'
+# This expression generates links to commits referenced by their SHA1.
+regex=$regex'
+s|\b([0-9a-fA-F]{8,40})\b|<a href="./?id=\1">\1</a>|g'
+# This expression generates links to a fictional bugtracker.
+regex=$regex'
+s| #([0-9]+)\b|<a href="http://bugs.example.com/?bug=\1">#\1</a>|g'
+
+sed -re "$regex"