diff --git a/commitizen/commands/check.py b/commitizen/commands/check.py
index 3c06c97647..a32613e77f 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/check.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/check.py
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ def _filter_comments(self, msg: str) -> str:
 
     @staticmethod
     def validate_commit_message(commit_msg: str, pattern: str) -> bool:
-        if commit_msg.startswith("Merge") or commit_msg.startswith("Revert"):
+        if (
+            commit_msg.startswith("Merge")
+            or commit_msg.startswith("Revert")
+            or commit_msg.startswith("Pull request")
+        ):
             return True
         return bool(re.match(pattern, commit_msg))
diff --git a/commitizen/config/toml_config.py b/commitizen/config/toml_config.py
index c2a90cec9f..0d09c90796 100644
--- a/commitizen/config/toml_config.py
+++ b/commitizen/config/toml_config.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _parse_setting(self, data: Union[bytes, str]) -> None:
         name = "cz_conventional_commits"
         ```
         """
-        doc = parse(data)  # type: ignore
+        doc = parse(data)
         try:
             self.settings.update(doc["tool"]["commitizen"])  # type: ignore
         except exceptions.NonExistentKey: