diff --git a/src/ConventionalChangelog/Configuration.cs b/src/ConventionalChangelog/Configuration.cs
index d83ea37..6b0ed22 100644
--- a/src/ConventionalChangelog/Configuration.cs
+++ b/src/ConventionalChangelog/Configuration.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace ConventionalChangelog;
 
 public class Configuration : IConfiguration, IComparer<string>
 {
+    private const string ConventionalCommitSeparator = ": "; // see https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#specification
+
     // language=regex
     private const string BreakingChangeIndicator = "(?<inner>[a-z]+)!";
     // language=regex
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@ private Configuration(IEnumerable<CommitType> commitTypes, string versionTagPref
         _order = order;
     }
 
-    public string TypeFor(string typeIndicator, IEnumerable<CommitMessage.Footer> footers)
+    public string Separator => ConventionalCommitSeparator;
+
+    public string Sanitize(string typeIndicator, IEnumerable<CommitMessage.Footer> footers)
     {
         if (footers.Any(x => x is IPrintable))
             return typeIndicator.ReplaceWith(BreakingChangeIndicator, "inner");
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ private CommitType InnerTypeFor(string typeIndicator)
     public bool IsVersionTag(string tagName) =>
         tagName.Matches(_versionTagPrefix + SemanticVersionPattern);
 
-    public IEnumerable<T> Ordered<T>(IEnumerable<T> logEntries) where T: IHasCommitType
+    public IEnumerable<T> Ordered<T>(IEnumerable<T> logEntries) where T : IHasCommitType
     {
         if (_order == ChangelogOrder.OldestToNewest)
             logEntries = logEntries.Reverse();
diff --git a/src/ConventionalChangelog/Conventional/MessageParser.cs b/src/ConventionalChangelog/Conventional/MessageParser.cs
index b8a1688..c57eb17 100644
--- a/src/ConventionalChangelog/Conventional/MessageParser.cs
+++ b/src/ConventionalChangelog/Conventional/MessageParser.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace ConventionalChangelog.Conventional;
 
 public class MessageParser
 {
-    private const string Separator = ": "; // see https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/#specification
     private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
 
     public MessageParser(IConfiguration configuration)
@@ -22,21 +21,21 @@ private CommitMessage Read(TextReader lines)
     {
         var (typeIndicator, description) = HeaderFrom(lines.ReadLine());
         var (body, footers) = BodyFrom(lines);
-        typeIndicator = _configuration.TypeFor(typeIndicator, footers);
+        typeIndicator = _configuration.Sanitize(typeIndicator, footers);
 
         return new CommitMessage(typeIndicator, description, body, footers);
     }
 
 #if NET6_0
-    private static (string, string) HeaderFrom(string? header)
+    private (string, string) HeaderFrom(string? header)
     {
-        var twoParts = header?.Split(Separator);
+        var twoParts = header?.Split(_configuration.Separator);
         return twoParts?.Length == 2
             ? (twoParts.First(), twoParts.Last().Trim())
             : ("", "");
     }
 #elif NET7_0_OR_GREATER
-    private static (string, string) HeaderFrom(string? header) => header?.Split(Separator) is [var first, var second]
+    private (string, string) HeaderFrom(string? header) => header?.Split(_configuration.Separator) is [var first, var second]
         ? (first,second.Trim())
         : ("", "");
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ConventionalChangelog/IConfiguration.cs b/src/ConventionalChangelog/IConfiguration.cs
index 709218c..2ab05ce 100644
--- a/src/ConventionalChangelog/IConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/ConventionalChangelog/IConfiguration.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace ConventionalChangelog;
 
 public interface IConfiguration
 {
-    string TypeFor(string typeIndicator, IEnumerable<CommitMessage.Footer> footers);
+    string Sanitize(string typeIndicator, IEnumerable<CommitMessage.Footer> footers);
     ChangelogType TypeFor(string typeIndicator);
 
     bool IsFooter(string line);
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ public interface IConfiguration
     IEnumerable<T> Ordered<T>(IEnumerable<T> logEntries) where T: IHasCommitType;
 
     bool IsVersionTag(string tagName);
+
+    string Separator { get; }
 }