diff --git a/utils/git2cl.pl b/utils/git2cl.pl
index 1c2ab3f..6a8a1e7 100755
--- a/utils/git2cl.pl
+++ b/utils/git2cl.pl
@@ -321,9 +321,10 @@ while (my $_l = <$fh>) {
         # Luis Mondesi <lemsx1@gmail.com>
         my $_s = $_l;
 	$_s =~ s/^    //g;
-        if ($_s =~ m/^Merge branch/)
+        if ($_s =~ m/^Merge branch|^Merge remote branch/)
         {
             $state=0;
+            $author=0;
             next;
         }
 	$comment = $comment . $_s;