diff --git a/lib/manager/pre-commit/index.ts b/lib/manager/pre-commit/index.ts
index 9f3978c96ec4410bcc5f41ee428e8d05615d171a..10c753643b1d148430e58ea4d79e9c2eb4fc00da 100644
--- a/lib/manager/pre-commit/index.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/pre-commit/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
-  commitMessageTopic: 'precommit hook {{depName}}',
+  commitMessageTopic: 'pre-commit hook {{depName}}',
   fileMatch: ['(^|/)\\.pre-commit-config\\.yaml$'],
 };