diff --git a/src/microblog.py b/src/microblog.py
index 51aff70..1c4a95a 100644
--- a/src/microblog.py
+++ b/src/microblog.py
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         tl, tc, tg = get_posts(p, cfg["post"], new_posts)
         if tl == []:
             return
+        if "rss" in cfg and "post" in cfg:
+            cfg["rss"]["trailing_punctuation"] = cfg["post"]["trailing_punctuation"]
         # main timeline
         updated = []
         updated += writepage(tpl, tl, tc, cfg["page"], 
diff --git a/src/rss.py b/src/rss.py
index 9ec9807..bf40eb4 100644
--- a/src/rss.py
+++ b/src/rss.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ except ImportError:
     print("\trss disabled - missing dependency", file=sys.stderr)
     print("\tYour microblog still may have been generated.", file=sys.stderr)
 
-def line2words(lines, limit):
+def line2words(lines, limit, trailing_punctuation):
     output = []
     char_count = 0
     break_outer_loop = False
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ def line2words(lines, limit):
     # last char of last word
     last_char = output[-1].strip()[-1]
     # print(output[-1], file=sys.stderr)
-    punctuation = [".", ")", ",", "!", "?", ">", ']']
-    if last_char not in punctuation:
+    if last_char not in trailing_punctuation:
         output.append("...")
     return output
 
@@ -99,7 +98,7 @@ def write_feed(posts, filename, params, tagname=None):
         # len of post.message is number of lines
         msg = post.message
         ti = " ".join(
-            line2words(msg,TITLE_LEN_LIMIT))
+            line2words(msg, TITLE_LEN_LIMIT, params["trailing_punctuation"]))
         if params["use_atom"]:
             de = " ".join(
                 enrich_msg(
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ def write_feed(posts, filename, params, tagname=None):
             )
         else:
             de = " ".join(
-                line2words(msg,DESC_LEN_LIMIT))
+                line2words(msg, DESC_LEN_LIMIT, params["trailing_punctuation"]))
         li = base_url + ("#%i" % post.num)
         p = dateutil.parser.parse(post.timestamp)
         if params["use_atom"]: