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# MD026 - Trailing punctuation in heading
Tags: headers, headings
Aliases: no-trailing-punctuation
Parameters:
* `punctuation`: Punctuation characters not allowed at end of headings (`string`, default `.,;:!。,;:!`)
Fixable: Most violations can be fixed by tooling
This rule is triggered on any heading that has one of the specified normal or
full-width punctuation characters as the last character in the line:
```markdown
# This is a heading.
```
To fix this, remove the trailing punctuation:
```markdown
# This is a heading
```
Note: The `punctuation` parameter can be used to specify what characters count
as punctuation at the end of a heading. For example, you can change it to
`".,;:"` to allow headings that end with an exclamation point. `?` is
allowed by default because of how common it is in headings of FAQ-style documents.
Setting the `punctuation` parameter to `""` allows all characters - and is
equivalent to disabling the rule.
Note: The trailing semicolon of
[HTML entity references](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references)
like `©`, `©`, and `©` is ignored by this rule.
Rationale: Headings are not meant to be full sentences. More information:
<https://cirosantilli.com/markdown-style-guide#punctuation-at-the-end-of-headers>