diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index db1808d7c1..25ceefa255 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ static void prepare_cover_text(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 		subject = subject_sb.buf;
 
 do_pp:
-	pp_title_line(pp, &subject, sb, encoding, need_8bit_cte);
+	pp_email_subject(pp, &subject, sb, encoding, need_8bit_cte);
 	pp_remainder(pp, &body, sb, 0);
 
 	strbuf_release(&description_sb);
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index cf964b060c..397d282405 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -2077,11 +2077,11 @@ static void pp_header(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 	}
 }
 
-void pp_title_line(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
-		   const char **msg_p,
-		   struct strbuf *sb,
-		   const char *encoding,
-		   int need_8bit_cte)
+void pp_email_subject(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
+		      const char **msg_p,
+		      struct strbuf *sb,
+		      const char *encoding,
+		      int need_8bit_cte)
 {
 	static const int max_length = 78; /* per rfc2047 */
 	struct strbuf title;
@@ -2126,9 +2126,8 @@ void pp_title_line(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 	if (pp->after_subject) {
 		strbuf_addstr(sb, pp->after_subject);
 	}
-	if (cmit_fmt_is_mail(pp->fmt)) {
-		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
-	}
+
+	strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 
 	if (pp->in_body_headers.nr) {
 		int i;
@@ -2328,8 +2327,11 @@ void pretty_print_commit(struct pretty_print_context *pp,
 	msg = skip_blank_lines(msg);
 
 	/* These formats treat the title line specially. */
-	if (pp->fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE || cmit_fmt_is_mail(pp->fmt))
-		pp_title_line(pp, &msg, sb, encoding, need_8bit_cte);
+	if (pp->fmt == CMIT_FMT_ONELINE) {
+		msg = format_subject(sb, msg, " ");
+		strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
+	} else if (cmit_fmt_is_mail(pp->fmt))
+		pp_email_subject(pp, &msg, sb, encoding, need_8bit_cte);
 
 	beginning_of_body = sb->len;
 	if (pp->fmt != CMIT_FMT_ONELINE)
diff --git a/pretty.h b/pretty.h
index 421209e9ec..d4ff79deb3 100644
--- a/pretty.h
+++ b/pretty.h
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ void pp_user_info(struct pretty_print_context *pp, const char *what,
 			const char *encoding);
 
 /*
- * Format title line of commit message taken from "msg_p" and
+ * Format subject line of commit message taken from "msg_p" and
  * put it into "sb".
  * First line of "msg_p" is also affected.
  */
-void pp_title_line(struct pretty_print_context *pp, const char **msg_p,
-			struct strbuf *sb, const char *encoding,
-			int need_8bit_cte);
+void pp_email_subject(struct pretty_print_context *pp, const char **msg_p,
+		      struct strbuf *sb, const char *encoding,
+		      int need_8bit_cte);
 
 /*
  * Get current state of commit message from "msg_p" and continue formatting