diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index f1b672d2d..cda8d2069 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -245,8 +245,6 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t* data)
 	if (data->nr == 0)
 		return;
 
-	printf("---\n");
-
 	for (i = 0; i < data->nr; i++) {
 		struct diffstat_file *file = data->files[i];
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 78ed403ed..61265a856 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -388,8 +388,10 @@ static int cmd_log(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
 		pretty_print_commit(commit_format, commit, ~0, buf,
 				    LOGSIZE, abbrev);
 		printf("%s\n", buf);
-		if (do_diff)
+		if (do_diff) {
+			printf("---\n");
 			log_tree_commit(&opt, commit);
+		}
 		shown = 1;
 		free(commit->buffer);
 		commit->buffer = NULL;