diff --git a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-alternativearch b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-alternativearch
index 15706f3961..10f3f6f7a1 100755
--- a/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-alternativearch
+++ b/roles/git/hooks/files/post-receive-alternativearch
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import sys
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 
 abspath = os.path.abspath(os.environ['GIT_DIR'])
-PATTERNS = ('+ExclusiveArch:', '+ExcludeArch:', '+ifarch', '+ifnarch')
+PATTERNS = ('+ExclusiveArch:', '+ExcludeArch:', '+%ifarch', '+%ifnarch')
 FROM_EMAIL = 'githook-noreply@fedoraproject.org'
 TO_MAIL = 'arch-excludes@lists.fedoraproject.org'
 CGIT_URL = 'http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/%s/commit/?id=%s'
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ SMTP_PORT = 25
 DEBUG = False
 
 TEXT = u"""
-The package %(pkg)s has added or updated either ExclusiveArch or ExcludesArch
-in commit(s):
+The package %(pkg)s has added or updated architecture specific content in its
+spec file (ExclusiveArch/ExcludeArch or %ifarch/%ifnarch) in commit(s):
 %(url)s.
 
 Change: