diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index 0e2c703..d69e20f 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ subsequent commits are made after X, by different people."""
     to = change.who.encode ('ascii', 'ignore').decode ('ascii')
     title = change.comments.split ('\n')[0]
 
-    sbj = 'Oh dear.  I regret to inform you that commit \'%s\' might be unfortunate' % title
+    sbj = 'Oh dear.  I regret to inform you that commit %s might be unfortunate' % change.revision
     if branch != 'master':
         sbj += ' [%s]' % branch