diff --git a/oni-git-commit.el b/oni-git-commit.el
index a3fad51..31805a6 100644
--- a/oni-git-commit.el
+++ b/oni-git-commit.el
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
 ;; Keywords: local
-;; Version: 2025.0130.100352
+;; Version: 2025.0130.104837
 ;; Package-Requires: (git-commit)
 
 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -44,7 +44,15 @@
   "Set the ‘auto-fill-inhibit-regexp’ to match git commit comments."
   (setq-local auto-fill-inhibit-regexp (rx (minimal-match (zero-or-more "\n")) "#")))
 
+(defun oni-git-commit-set-paragraph-start ()
+  "Set the ‘paragraph-start’ variable locally."
+  (setq-local paragraph-start
+              (rx (or ""
+                      (seq (zero-or-more whitespace) eol)
+                      (any "*" "-" "(")))))
+
 (add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook #'oni-git-commit-set-auto-fill-inhibit-regexp)
+(add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook #'oni-git-commit-set-paragraph-start)
 (add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook 'electric-pair-local-mode)
 (add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook 'electric-quote-local-mode)
 (add-hook 'git-commit-mode-hook 'refill-mode)