diff --git a/checkout-branch-worktree b/checkout-branch-worktree
index 9c4d3b4d84..3b29e73771 100755
--- a/checkout-branch-worktree
+++ b/checkout-branch-worktree
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def checkout_worktree(repo_name, repo_dir, worktree_dir, branch):
 
         return False
 
-    commit_message = git("show", repository_path=repo_dir).split("\n")
+    commit_message = git("show", "--shortstat", repository_path=repo_dir).split("\n")
     print(u"  -> %s%s%s - %s" % (Colors.HEADER, repo_dir, Colors.ENDC,
                                     commit_message[4].strip()))
 
diff --git a/git-update b/git-update
index 59777403a1..a3875d2a97 100755
--- a/git-update
+++ b/git-update
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def update_repo(repo_name, repo_dir, revision, no_interaction, recurse_i=0):
             return False
 
 
-    commit_message = git("show", repository_path=repo_dir).split("\n")
+    commit_message = git("show", "--shortstat", repository_path=repo_dir).split("\n")
     print(u"  -> %s%s%s - %s" % (Colors.HEADER, commit_message[0][7:14], Colors.ENDC,
                                     commit_message[4].strip()))