@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ func issuesAndChanges(repo *maintner.GitHubRepo, gerrit *maintner.Gerrit) map[st
 			state, ok := clState(cl.Status)
 			if !ok {
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			prefixedTitle := firstParagraph(cl.Commit.Msg)
+			prefixedTitle := cl.Subject()
 			pkgs, title := ParsePrefixedChangeTitle(root, prefixedTitle)
 			var labels []issues.Label
 			cl.Meta.Hashtags().Foreach(func(name string) {
 				labels = append(labels, issues.Label{
 					Name:  name,
@@ -432,19 +432,10 @@ func ghState(issue *maintner.GitHubIssue) issues.State {
 	default:
 		panic("unreachable")
 	}
 }
 
-// firstParagraph returns the first paragraph of text s.
-func firstParagraph(s string) string {
-	i := strings.Index(s, "\n\n")
-	if i == -1 {
-		return s
-	}
-	return s[:i]
-}
-
 func clState(status string) (_ change.State, ok bool) {
 	switch status {
 	case "new":
 		return change.OpenState, true
 	case "abandoned":