diff --git a/lib/codereview/codereview.py b/lib/codereview/codereview.py
index 78e7e1b30b9..7043abc1eaa 100644
--- a/lib/codereview/codereview.py
+++ b/lib/codereview/codereview.py
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ def Incoming(ui, repo, opts):
 	_, incoming, _ = findcommonincoming(repo, getremote(ui, repo, opts))
 	return incoming
 
-desc_re = '^(.+: |tag release\.|release\.|fix build)'
+desc_re = '^(.+: |(tag )?(release|weekly)\.|fix build)'
 
 desc_msg = '''Your CL description appears not to use the standard form.
 
diff --git a/misc/dashboard/builder/main.go b/misc/dashboard/builder/main.go
index fc11d365ef3..735717e28d0 100644
--- a/misc/dashboard/builder/main.go
+++ b/misc/dashboard/builder/main.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ var (
 
 var (
 	goroot        string
-	releaseRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^release\.[0-9\-.]+`)
+	releaseRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^(release|weekly)\.[0-9\-.]+`)
 	benchRequests vector.Vector
 )