diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/git/pull b/sys/src/cmd/git/pull
index ebc119020..a73f90a1d 100755
--- a/sys/src/cmd/git/pull
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/git/pull
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if(! ~ `{git/query HEAD $remote @} `{git/query HEAD}){
 
 oldcommit=`{git/query $local}
 newcommit=`{git/query $remote}
-echo $remote':' $oldcommit '=>' `$newcommit
+echo $remote':' $oldcommit '=>' $newcommit
 git/branch -mnb $remote $local
 
 # The remote is directly ahead of the local, and we have