diff --git a/.gitlint b/.gitlint
index 9f31197ee2..14ea524644 100644
--- a/.gitlint
+++ b/.gitlint
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [general]
-ignore=title-trailing-punctuation, body-min-length, body-is-missing, title-imperative-mood
+ignore=title-trailing-punctuation, body-min-length, body-is-missing
 
 extra-path=tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py
 
diff --git a/tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py b/tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py
index 1ffc7c27db..01ad1dce50 100644
--- a/tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py
+++ b/tools/lib/gitlint-rules.py
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ class ImperativeMood(LineRule):
             violation = RuleViolation(
                 self.id,
                 self.error_msg.format(
-                    word=first_word, imperative=imperative, title=commit.message.title,
+                    word=first_word,
+                    imperative=imperative,
+                    title=commit.message.title,
                 ),
             )