diff --git a/bin/gatherstats.pl b/bin/gatherstats.pl
index 302e587..1b9292c 100755
--- a/bin/gatherstats.pl
+++ b/bin/gatherstats.pl
@@ -653,7 +653,8 @@ sub RemoveComments {
   $Header =~ s/[ _]DE//;
 
   # remove trailing 'eol' or '-shl'
-  $Header =~ s/(eol)|(-shl)$//;
+  # or ml-inews[-sig]
+  $Header =~ s/(eol)|(-shl)|(ml-inews(-sig)?)$//;
 
   # remove from ';' or ',' (CrossPoint)
   # or '&' to end of header