diff --git a/hack/tools/release/notes/main_test.go b/hack/tools/release/notes/main_test.go
index fda8b933bd0e..7670931c6475 100644
--- a/hack/tools/release/notes/main_test.go
+++ b/hack/tools/release/notes/main_test.go
@@ -72,38 +72,38 @@ func Test_trimAreaFromTitle(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name  string
 		title string
-		area  string
 		want  string
 	}{
 		{
 			name:  "PR title with area",
-			title: "e2e: improve logging for a detected rollout",
-			area:  "e2e",
+			title: "test: improve logging for a detected rollout",
 			want:  "improve logging for a detected rollout",
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "PR title without area",
 			title: "improve logging for a detected rollout",
-			area:  "e2e",
 			want:  "improve logging for a detected rollout",
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "PR title without area being prefixed",
 			title: "test/e2e: improve logging for a detected rollout",
-			area:  "e2e",
-			want:  "test/e2e: improve logging for a detected rollout",
+			want:  "improve logging for a detected rollout",
 		},
 		{
 			name:  "PR title without space between area and title",
 			title: "e2e:improve logging for a detected rollout",
-			area:  "e2e",
+			want:  "improve logging for a detected rollout",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "PR title with space between area and title",
+			title: "e2e/test: improve logging for a detected rollout",
 			want:  "improve logging for a detected rollout",
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := trimAreaFromTitle(tt.title, tt.area); got != tt.want {
+			if got := trimAreaFromTitle(tt.title); got != tt.want {
 				t.Errorf("trimAreaFromTitle() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/hack/tools/release/notes/process.go b/hack/tools/release/notes/process.go
index d33864ee17b4..421fa0b8c169 100644
--- a/hack/tools/release/notes/process.go
+++ b/hack/tools/release/notes/process.go
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	missingAreaLabelPrefix   = "MISSING_AREA"
-	areaLabelPrefix          = "area/"
-	multipleAreaLabelsPrefix = "MULTIPLE_AREAS["
-	documentationArea        = "Documentation"
+	missingAreaLabelPrefix = "MISSING_AREA"
+	areaLabelPrefix        = "area/"
+	documentationArea      = "Documentation"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ func (g prEntriesProcessor) generateNoteEntry(p *pr) *notesEntry {
 	}
 
 	if g.addAreaPrefix {
-		entry.title = trimAreaFromTitle(entry.title, area)
+		entry.title = trimAreaFromTitle(entry.title)
 		entry.title = capitalize(entry.title)
 		entry.title = fmt.Sprintf("- %s: %s", area, entry.title)
 	} else {
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ func (g prEntriesProcessor) extractArea(pr *pr) string {
 	case 1:
 		return areaLabels[0]
 	default:
-		return multipleAreaLabelsPrefix + strings.Join(areaLabels, "/") + "]"
+		return strings.Join(areaLabels, "/")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -281,11 +280,10 @@ func removePrefixes(title string, prefixes []string) string {
 }
 
 // trimAreaFromTitle removes the prefixed area from title to avoid duplication.
-func trimAreaFromTitle(title, area string) string {
-	titleWithoutArea := title
-	pattern := `(?i)^` + regexp.QuoteMeta(area+":")
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(pattern)
-	titleWithoutArea = re.ReplaceAllString(titleWithoutArea, "")
+func trimAreaFromTitle(title string) string {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`^[^:]*:\s*`)
+	titleWithoutArea := re.ReplaceAllString(title, "")
 	titleWithoutArea = strings.TrimSpace(titleWithoutArea)
+
 	return titleWithoutArea
 }