diff --git a/src/infrastructure/markup/remarkup/markuprule/mention/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleMention.php b/src/infrastructure/markup/remarkup/markuprule/mention/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleMention.php
index 474b276a19..278444c0f7 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/markup/remarkup/markuprule/mention/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleMention.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/markup/remarkup/markuprule/mention/PhabricatorRemarkupRuleMention.php
@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ final class PhabricatorRemarkupRuleMention
 
   const KEY_MENTIONED = 'phabricator.mentioned-user-phids';
 
+
+  // NOTE: Negative lookahead for period prevents us from picking up email
+  // addresses, while allowing constructs like "@tomo, lol". The negative
+  // lookbehind for a word character prevents us from matching "mail@lists"
+  // while allowing "@tomo/@mroch". The negative lookahead prevents us from
+  // matching "@joe.com" while allowing us to match "hey, @joe.".
+  const REGEX = '/(?<!\w)@([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\b(?![.]\w)/';
+
   public function apply($text) {
-
-    // NOTE: Negative lookahead for period prevents us from picking up email
-    // addresses, while allowing constructs like "@tomo, lol". The negative
-    // lookbehind for a word character prevents us from matching "mail@lists"
-    // while allowing "@tomo/@mroch". The negative lookahead prevents us from
-    // matching "@joe.com" while allowing us to match "hey, @joe.".
-    $regexp = '/(?<!\w)@([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\b(?![.]\w)/';
-
     return preg_replace_callback(
-      $regexp,
+      self::REGEX,
       array($this, 'markupMention'),
       $text);
   }