diff --git a/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils b/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils
index becac2979..bbad27bdb 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils
+++ b/perl-xCAT/modifyUtils
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ -z "$2" ]
 fi
 
 VER=$1
-GITREF="git $2, "
+GITREF="git commit $2, "
 
 BUILDDATE=`date`
 #echo ". '(built $BUILDDATE)'"
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec b/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
index eb11a4195..0cef475ee 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
+++ b/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Provides: perl-xCAT = %{epoch}:%{version}
 Provides perl xCAT libraries for core functionality.  Required for all xCAT installations.
 Includes xCAT::Table, xCAT::NodeRange, among others.
 
-%define gitinfo %(git log -n 1 | head -n 1)
+%define gitinfo %(git log -n 1 | head -n 1 | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
 
 %define zvm %(if [ "$zvm" = "1" ];then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)
 %define fsm %(if [ "$fsm" = "1" ];then echo 1; else echo 0; fi)