--- gnus-start.el~	2019-04-23 05:13:52.741025900 +0000
+++ gnus-start.el	2019-04-24 23:45:37.989239900 +0000
@@ -2149,2 +2149,3 @@
       (goto-char (point-min))
+      (re-search-forward "\\(?:^[\n ]*;.*[\n ]*\\)+" nil t)
       (while (not (eobp))