diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
index aaf1c8f0389c1..53e1d877f8fb9 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/lint.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,9 @@ export class PullRequestLinter {
     validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
       testRuleSet: [ { test: validateTitlePrefix } ]
     });
+    validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
+      testRuleSet: [ { test: validateTitleScope } ]
+    })
 
     validationCollector.validateRuleSet({
       exemption: shouldExemptBreakingChange,
@@ -446,6 +449,29 @@ function hasLabel(pr: GitHubPr, labelName: string): boolean {
   return result;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Check that the PR title uses the typical convention for package names.
+ *
+ * For example, "fix(s3)" is preferred over "fix(aws-s3)".
+ */
+function validateTitleScope(pr: GitHubPr): TestResult {
+  const result = new TestResult();
+  // Specific commit types are handled by `validateTitlePrefix`. This just checks whether
+  // the scope includes an `aws-` prefix or not.
+  // Group 1: Scope with parens - "(aws-<name>)"
+  // Group 2: Scope name - "aws-<name>"
+  // Group 3: Preferred scope name - "<name>"
+  const titleRe = /^\w+(\((aws-([\w_-]+))\))?: /;
+  const m = titleRe.exec(pr.title);
+  if (m) {
+    result.assessFailure(
+      !!(m[2] && m[3]),
+      `The title of the pull request should omit 'aws-' from the name of modified packages. Use '${m[3]}' instead of '${m[2]}'.`,
+    );
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 function assertStability(pr: GitHubPr, _files: GitHubFile[]): TestResult {
   const title = pr.title;
   const body = pr.body;
diff --git a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
index ca417917af878..d498f857d54a0 100644
--- a/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
+++ b/tools/@aws-cdk/prlint/test/lint.test.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,63 @@ describe('breaking changes format', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('commit message format', () => {
+  test('valid scope', async () => {
+    const issue = {
+      number: 1,
+      title: 'chore(s3): some title',
+      body: '',
+      labels: [],
+    };
+    const prLinter = configureMock(issue, undefined);
+    expect(await prLinter.validate()).resolves;
+  });
+
+  test('invalid scope with aws- prefix', async () => {
+    const issue = {
+      number: 1,
+      title: 'fix(aws-s3): some title',
+      body: '',
+      labels: [{ name: 'pr-linter/exempt-test' }, { name: 'pr-linter/exempt-integ-test' }],
+    };
+    const prLinter = configureMock(issue, undefined);
+    await expect(prLinter.validate()).rejects.toThrow(/The title of the pull request should omit 'aws-' from the name of modified packages. Use 's3' instead of 'aws-s3'./);
+  });
+
+  test('valid scope with aws- in summary and body', async () => {
+    const issue = {
+      number: 1,
+      title: 'docs(s3): something aws-s3',
+      body: 'something aws-s3',
+      labels: [],
+    };
+    const prLinter = configureMock(issue, undefined);
+    expect(await prLinter.validate()).resolves;
+  });
+
+  test('valid with missing scope', async () => {
+    const issue = {
+      number: 1,
+      title: 'docs: something aws-s3',
+      body: '',
+      labels: [],
+    };
+    const prLinter = configureMock(issue, undefined);
+    expect(await prLinter.validate()).resolves;
+  });
+
+  test.each(['core', 'prlint', 'awslint'])('valid scope for packages that dont use aws- prefix', async (scope) => {
+    const issue = {
+      number: 1,
+      title: `chore(${scope}): some title`,
+      body: '',
+      labels: []
+    };
+    const prLinter = configureMock(issue, undefined);
+    expect(await prLinter.validate()).resolves;
+  })
+});
+
 describe('ban breaking changes in stable modules', () => {
   test('breaking change in stable module', async () => {
     const issue = {