diff --git a/privacy.js b/privacy.js
index 03478ba..f3a4a4c 100644
--- a/privacy.js
+++ b/privacy.js
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ function redactSensitive(text, { issue = false, preserveOfficialEmails = false }
   out = out.replace(/https:\/\/(?:cdn\.discordapp\.com|media\.discordapp\.net)\/attachments\/[^\s)]+/gi, '[attachment in Discord]');
   out = out.replace(/<@!?\d+>|<@&\d+>|(?<![\w.])@[A-Za-z0-9_.-]{2,32}/g, '[Discord user]');
   out = out.replace(/\b(?:Discord\s+)?user(?:name)?\s*[:=]\s*[^\s,;]+/gi, '[Discord user]');
-  out = out.replace(/\b(?:order|ticket)\s*(?:number|no\.?|id|#)?\s*[:#]?\s*\d{3,}\b/gi, '[order number]');
+  // "order 22777" and "order number: 22777", and the same said in a sentence: "order number is 22777".
+  out = out.replace(
+    /\b(?:order|ticket)\s*(?:number|no\.?|id|#)?\s*(?:[:#]?\s*\d{3,}|(?:is|was|=|-)\s*#?\s*\d{4,})\b/gi,
+    '[order number]'
+  );
   out = out.replace(/(?<!\w)#\d{4,}\b/g, (match, offset, source) =>
     /\b(?:PR|pull request|(?:GitHub\s+)?issue)\s*$/i.test(source.slice(Math.max(0, offset - 30), offset)) ? match : '[order number]');
   out = out.replace(/\b(?:sk-[A-Za-z0-9_-]{8,}|ghp_[A-Za-z0-9_]{8,}|github_pat_[A-Za-z0-9_]{8,}|xox[baprs]-[A-Za-z0-9-]{8,}|AIza[A-Za-z0-9_-]{16,}|user_[A-Za-z0-9]{20,})\b/g, '[token]');
diff --git a/test/privacy.test.js b/test/privacy.test.js
index 81779b7..bc44e87 100644
--- a/test/privacy.test.js
+++ b/test/privacy.test.js
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@ test('provider redaction keeps support placeholders while removing short interna
   assert.match(out, /\[phone\].*\[order number\].*\[token\]/);
 });
 
+test('an order or ticket number given in a sentence is redacted like one given after a colon', () => {
+  const input = 'My order number is 22777 and the ticket number was 138637367. Order ID is 31415, order no. is #27182.';
+  const out = redactSensitive(input, { issue: true });
+  for (const value of ['22777', '138637367', '31415', '27182']) {
+    assert.equal(out.includes(value), false, value);
+  }
+  assert.equal((out.match(/\[order number\]/g) || []).length, 4);
+});
+
+test('a price or a count after "order was" is not taken for an order number', () => {
+  const kept = 'My order was 299 dollars and the order is 2 weeks late.';
+  assert.equal(redactSensitive(kept, { issue: true }), kept);
+});
+
 test('public repository issue numbers survive while customer ticket numbers do not', () => {
   const out = redactSensitive('GitHub issue #20172; support ticket #138637367; Order #18063', { issue: true });
   assert.match(out, /GitHub issue #20172/);