diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index 2fe0a8a3cba6e559239ddf0b2c2d3a41148c0cad..444ec0db797dff8e99d9f619912154c6416925d2 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -1471,8 +1471,10 @@ sub req_status
 
         $status ||= "Unknown";
 
+        my ($filepart) = filenamesplit($filename);
+
         print "M ===================================================================\n";
-        print "M File: $filename\tStatus: $status\n";
+        print "M File: $filepart\tStatus: $status\n";
         if ( defined($state->{entries}{$filename}{revision}) )
         {
             print "M Working revision:\t" . $state->{entries}{$filename}{revision} . "\n";