diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
index cd9de33..99d3cfb 100644
--- a/.gitlint
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ line-length=72
 [title-trailing-punctuation]
 [title-hard-tab]
 [title-match-regex]
-regex=^((feat|fix|chore|refactor|docs|release|test)\((meta|tests|style|docs|xep|core)+(,(meta|tests|style|docs|xep|core))*\)|release): [A-Z0-9].*$
+regex=^((feat|fix|chore|refactor|docs|release|test)\((meta|tests|style|docs|xep|core|example)+(,(meta|tests|style|docs|xep|core|example))*\)|release): [A-Z0-9].*$
 
 
 [body-trailing-whitespace]