diff --git a/src/applications/project/remarkup/ProjectRemarkupRule.php b/src/applications/project/remarkup/ProjectRemarkupRule.php
--- a/src/applications/project/remarkup/ProjectRemarkupRule.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/remarkup/ProjectRemarkupRule.php
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
     // These characters may not appear at the edge of the string.
     $never_edge = '.';
 
-    return
-      '[^'.$never_edge.$never.']+'.
-      '(?:'.
-        '[^'.$never.']*'.
-        '[^'.$never_edge.$never.']+'.
-      ')*';
+    return '(?:'.
+     	// Short project name with one or two characters not in $never_edge or
+    	'[^'.$never_edge.$never.']{1,2}|'.
+    	// A single character not in $never or $never_edge, then any number of characters not in $never
+    	// then a single character not in $never or $never_edge
+    	'[^'.$never_edge.$never.'][^'.$never.']+[^'.$never_edge.$never.']'.
+    ')';
   }
-
   protected function loadObjects(array $ids) {
     $viewer = $this->getEngine()->getConfig('viewer');