diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/InitJira.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/InitJira.java
index 38c4fe5..e0c8bea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/InitJira.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/its/jira/InitJira.java
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@
     jiraComment.string("Jira issue-Id regex", "match", "([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)");
     jiraComment.set("html",
         String.format("<a href=\"%s/browse/$1\">$1</a>", jiraUrl));
-    jiraComment.select("Issue-id enforced in commit message", "association",
+
+    Section pluginConfig = sections.get("plugin", pluginName);
+
+    pluginConfig.select("Issue-id enforced in commit message", "association",
         ItsAssociationPolicy.SUGGESTED);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
index c6f2e5f..3eff578 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/config.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 Example:
 
     [commentLink "its-jira"]
-    match = (\\[[A-Z][A-Z]+-[1-9][0-9]*\\])
+    match = ([A-Z]+-[0-9]+)
     html = "<a href=\"http://jira.example.com/browse/$1\">$1</a>"
     association = SUGGESTED