diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 08b872263cd646ec9d7dc8ad91273c71b1af2b69..eaa1ee0fa71a344af747dec038c6a5907c8273a5 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ static void cmd_log_init(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 		rev->show_decorations = 1;
 		load_ref_decorations(decoration_style);
 	}
+	setup_pager();
 }
 
 /*
@@ -491,12 +492,6 @@ int cmd_log_reflog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	rev.use_terminator = 1;
 	rev.always_show_header = 1;
 
-	/*
-	 * We get called through "git reflog", so unlike the other log
-	 * routines, we need to set up our pager manually..
-	 */
-	setup_pager();
-
 	return cmd_log_walk(&rev);
 }
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index f37028b3b722e6203ae8dac1ccf40a94421597d2..b83c1d17ab803ae0fa1d6c0dece43f2c0334f23d 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "index-pack", cmd_index_pack },
 		{ "init", cmd_init_db },
 		{ "init-db", cmd_init_db },
-		{ "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+		{ "log", cmd_log, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "ls-files", cmd_ls_files, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "ls-tree", cmd_ls_tree, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "ls-remote", cmd_ls_remote },
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "send-pack", cmd_send_pack, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, USE_PAGER },
 		{ "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+		{ "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 		{ "stripspace", cmd_stripspace },
 		{ "symbolic-ref", cmd_symbolic_ref, RUN_SETUP },
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "var", cmd_var },
 		{ "verify-tag", cmd_verify_tag, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "version", cmd_version },
-		{ "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
+		{ "whatchanged", cmd_whatchanged, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "write-tree", cmd_write_tree, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "verify-pack", cmd_verify_pack },
 		{ "show-ref", cmd_show_ref, RUN_SETUP },