diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index b5d9178275d7907e5ed580c1c4bfc9256adcc7ba..fb4fef7b1d6f7abb08fca562ecaad6e36f671768 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ continue_merge () {
 		fi
 	fi
 	test -z "$GIT_QUIET" &&
-	git log --format=%s -1 "$cmt"
+	GIT_PAGER='' git log --format=%s -1 "$cmt"
 
 	prev_head=`git rev-parse HEAD^0`
 	# save the resulting commit so we can read-tree on it later