diff --git a/app/models/wiki_page.rb b/app/models/wiki_page.rb
index 31b8845a3..d88c83384 100644
--- a/app/models/wiki_page.rb
+++ b/app/models/wiki_page.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class WikiPage < ActiveRecord::Base
   attr_accessor :redirect_existing_links
 
   validates_presence_of :title
-  validates_format_of :title, :with => /^[^,\.\/\?\;\|\s]*$/
+  validates_format_of :title, :with => /\A[^,\.\/\?\;\|\s]*\z/
   validates_uniqueness_of :title, :scope => :wiki_id, :case_sensitive => false
   validates_associated :content