diff --git a/osc/core.py b/osc/core.py
index c332c1d7..f2806b0d 100644
--- a/osc/core.py
+++ b/osc/core.py
@@ -5154,8 +5154,10 @@ def get_commitlog(apiurl, prj, package, revision, format = 'text', meta = False,
                 comment.replace('&', '&amp;').replace('<', '&gt;').replace('>', '&lt;'))
             r.append('</logentry>')
         else:
+            if requestid:
+                requestid="rq" + requestid
             s = '-' * 76 + \
-                '\nr%s | %s | %s | %s | %s | sr%s\n' % (rev, user, t, srcmd5, version, requestid) + \
+                '\nr%s | %s | %s | %s | %s | %s\n' % (rev, user, t, srcmd5, version, requestid) + \
                 '\n' + comment
             r.append(s)