diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index d69e20f..cb1b0ec 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -445,7 +445,9 @@ send to the gdb-testers mailing list."""
     con = sqlite3.connect (db_file)
     c = con.cursor ()
     c.execute ('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM logs WHERE commitid = "%s" AND branch = "%s" AND trysched = 1' % (sourcestamp.revision, branch))
-    count = int (c.fetchone ()[0])
+    # We subtract one here because the "try" has been already stored
+    # into the db.
+    count = int (c.fetchone ()[0]) - 1
     con.close ()
 
     try_to = build.getReason ().strip ("'try' job by user ")
@@ -454,7 +456,7 @@ send to the gdb-testers mailing list."""
                                istrysched = True, try_to = try_to, try_count = count)
 
     # Subject
-    subj = "Try Build on %s, branch %s" % (name, branch)
+    subj = "Try Build #%d on %s, branch %s" % (count, name, branch)
 
     # Body
     text = ""