diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 86d91eb3f..3c2aaa781 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -303,12 +303,14 @@ matrix:
         - CMD5=" && echo 'Issue number:'\$ISSUE_NUMBER "
         - CMD6=" && if [[ \$ISSUE_NUMBER =~ ^#[0-9]+$ ]]; then "
         - CMD7="      LINK_PR=https://api.github.com/repos/checkstyle/checkstyle/pulls/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST  "
-        - CMD8="      && RESULT=\$(curl -s -H 'Authorization: token $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN' \$LINK_PR | jq '.body' | grep \$ISSUE_NUMBER) "
-        - CMD9="      && echo 'PR Description grepped:'\$RESULT  "
-        - CMD10="     && if [[ -z \$RESULT ]]; then echo 'Please put a reference of Issue to PR description, this will bind Issue and PR in Github'; sleep 2; exit 1; fi "
-        - CMD11="    fi "
-        - CMD12="    && echo 'PR validation succeed.'"
-        - CMD=$CMD0$CMD1$CMD2$CMD3$CMD4$CMD5$CMD6$CMD7$CMD8$CMD9$CMD10$CMD11$CMD12
+        - CMD8="      && RESULT=\$(curl -s -H 'Authorization: token $GITHUB_AUTH_TOKEN' \$LINK_PR | jq '.body' | grep \$ISSUE_NUMBER | cat ) "
+        - CMD9="      && echo 'PR Description grepped:'\$RESULT; "
+        - CMD10="    fi "
+        - CMD11=" && if [[ -z \$RESULT ]]; then "
+        - CMD12="      echo 'Please put a reference of Issue to PR description, this will bind Issue and PR in Github' && false; "
+        - CMD13="    else echo 'PR validation succeed.';
+        - CMD14="    fi "
+        - CMD=$CMD0$CMD1$CMD2$CMD3$CMD4$CMD5$CMD6$CMD7$CMD8$CMD9$CMD10$CMD11$CMD12$CMD13$CMD14
         - COVERAGE_CMD=""