diff --git a/pkg/pipelineascode/match.go b/pkg/pipelineascode/match.go
index bb2e8ff70..68ca9c7e5 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelineascode/match.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelineascode/match.go
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ func (p *PacRun) checkAccessOrErrror(ctx context.Context, repo *v1alpha1.Reposit
 	p.eventEmitter.EmitMessage(repo, zap.InfoLevel, "RepositoryPermissionDenied", msg)
 	status := provider.StatusOpts{
 		Status:     queuedStatus,
-		Title:      "Pending approval",
+		Title:      "Pending approval, needs /ok-to-test",
 		Conclusion: pendingConclusion,
 		Text:       msg,
 		DetailsURL: p.event.URL,
diff --git a/pkg/provider/github/status.go b/pkg/provider/github/status.go
index 53397dac8..bdefea05c 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/github/status.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/github/status.go
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func (v *Provider) createStatusCommit(ctx context.Context, runevent *info.Event,
 		runevent.Organization, runevent.Repository, runevent.SHA, ghstatus); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if (status.Status == "completed" || (status.Status == "queued" && status.Title == "Pending approval")) && status.Text != "" && runevent.EventType == triggertype.PullRequest.String() {
+	if (status.Status == "completed" || (status.Status == "queued" && status.Title == "Pending approval, needs /ok-to-test")) && status.Text != "" && runevent.EventType == triggertype.PullRequest.String() {
 		_, _, err = v.Client.Issues.CreateComment(ctx, runevent.Organization, runevent.Repository,
 			runevent.PullRequestNumber,
 			&github.IssueComment{
diff --git a/pkg/provider/github/status_test.go b/pkg/provider/github/status_test.go
index 2157dae92..97583fc02 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/github/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/github/status_test.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func TestGetExistingPendingApprovalCheckRunID(t *testing.T) {
 					"id": %v,
 					"external_id": "%s",
 					"output": {
-						"title": "Pending approval",
+						"title": "Pending approval, needs /ok-to-test",
 						"summary": "My CI is waiting for approval"
 					}
 				}
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func TestGithubProviderCreateStatus(t *testing.T) {
                                 "status": "queued",
                                 "conclusion": "pending", 
 								"output": {
-									"title": "Pending approval",
+									"title": "Pending approval, needs /ok-to-test",
 									"summary": "My CI is waiting for approval"
 								}
 							}
diff --git a/test/pkg/gitea/test.go b/test/pkg/gitea/test.go
index 9c610a1f2..690e63c4f 100644
--- a/test/pkg/gitea/test.go
+++ b/test/pkg/gitea/test.go
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func WaitForStatus(t *testing.T, topts *TestOpts, ref, forcontext string, onlyla
 		}
 		for _, cstatus := range statuses {
 			if topts.CheckForStatus == "Skipped" {
-				if strings.HasSuffix(cstatus.Description, "Pending approval") {
+				if strings.HasSuffix(cstatus.Description, "Pending approval, needs /ok-to-test") {
 					numstatus++
 					break
 				}