diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 1ff9768a..0c45591e 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false, $op = false) {
 	$tracked_cites = array();
 
 	// Cites
-	if (isset($board) && preg_match_all('/(^|\s)>>(\d+?)((?=[\s,.)?!])|$)/m', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+	if (isset($board) && preg_match_all('/(^|\s)>>(\d+?)((?=[\s,.:)?!])|$)/m', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
 		if (count($cites[0]) > $config['max_cites']) {
 			error($config['error']['toomanycites']);
 		}
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ function markup(&$body, $track_cites = false, $op = false) {
 	}
 
 	// Cross-board linking
-	if (preg_match_all('/(^|\s)>>>\/(' . $config['board_regex'] . 'f?)\/(\d+)?((?=[\s,.)?!])|$)/um', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+	if (preg_match_all('/(^|\s)>>>\/(' . $config['board_regex'] . 'f?)\/(\d+)?((?=[\s,.:)?!])|$)/um', $body, $cites, PREG_SET_ORDER | PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
 		if (count($cites[0]) > $config['max_cites']) {
 			error($config['error']['toomanycross']);
 		}