diff --git a/bin/mergedevbranch b/bin/mergedevbranch
index e0119189b..ed20b2d70 100755
--- a/bin/mergedevbranch
+++ b/bin/mergedevbranch
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ read -p "Continue with the commit? [Y/n] "
 if [ "$ARG_COMMIT" != 0 ]; then
     echo "Committing the merge:"
     echo ""
-    svn commit -m "Merged in [$rev] from $who:\n    ${comment//\"/\'} ${fix//\"/\'}"
+    svn commit -m "Merged in [$rev] from $who:
+    ${comment//\"/\'} ${fix//\"/\'}"
 else
     echo "This merge has not been committed yet."
     echo "To commit it, run this commit command: ../cicmd/commit-$rev-merge.sh"