diff --git a/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl b/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl
index bf0ad999e..4b5424ce2 100755
--- a/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl
+++ b/utils/releasetools/changelog.tcl
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ append template "\n\n"
 set date [clock format [clock seconds]]
 set template [string map [list %ver% $ver %date% $date] $template]
 
-append template [exec git log $branch~30..$branch "--format=format:+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%n| %s%n| By %an, %ai%n+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------%nhttps://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/%H%n%n%b" --stat]
+append template [exec git log $branch~30..$branch "--format=format:%an in commit %h:%n %s" --shortstat]
+
+#Older, more verbose version.
+#
+#append template [exec git log $branch~30..$branch "--format=format:+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------%n| %s%n| By %an, %ai%n+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------%nhttps://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/%H%n%n%b" --stat]
 
 puts $template