diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index 29afd985777..f78f2cc369e 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ export class Repository {
 				err.gitErrorCode = GitErrorCodes.NoUserNameConfigured;
 			} else if (/Could not read from remote repository/.test(err.stderr || '')) {
 				err.gitErrorCode = GitErrorCodes.RemoteConnectionError;
-			} else if (/Pull is not possible because you have unmerged files|Cannot pull with rebase: You have unstaged changes|Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten|Please, commit your changes before you can merge/i.test(err.stderr)) {
+			} else if (/Pull(?:ing)? is not possible because you have unmerged files|Cannot pull with rebase: You have unstaged changes|Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten|Please, commit your changes before you can merge/i.test(err.stderr)) {
 				err.stderr = err.stderr.replace(/Cannot pull with rebase: You have unstaged changes/i, 'Cannot pull with rebase, you have unstaged changes');
 				err.gitErrorCode = GitErrorCodes.DirtyWorkTree;
 			} else if (/cannot lock ref|unable to update local ref/i.test(err.stderr || '')) {