diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeCommand.java
index a9f78c076..c7a30ebe1 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeCommand.java
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ public class MergeCommand extends GitCommand<MergeResult> {
 					unmergedPaths = resolveMerger.getUnmergedPaths();
 				} else
 					noProblems = merger.merge(headCommit, srcCommit);
-
+				refLogMessage.append(": Merge made by ");
+				refLogMessage.append(mergeStrategy.getName());
+				refLogMessage.append('.');
 				if (noProblems) {
 					DirCacheCheckout dco = new DirCacheCheckout(repo,
 							headCommit.getTree(), repo.lockDirCache(),