diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index d35690134..c45b22a19 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ sub parse_sendmail_aliases {
 			$aliases{$alias} = \@addr
 		}}},
 	mailrc => sub { my $fh = shift; while (<$fh>) {
-		if (/^alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/) {
+		if (/^alias\s+(\S+)\s+(.*?)\s*$/) {
 			# spaces delimit multiple addresses
 			$aliases{$1} = [ quotewords('\s+', 0, $2) ];
 		}}},