diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
index 9e7662fe490..5e1485ea42b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/melpa-packages.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ To update the list of packages from MELPA,
 2. Check for evaluation errors:
      env NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.melpaStablePackages
      env NIXPKGS_ALLOW_BROKEN=1 nix-instantiate --show-trace ../../../../../ -A emacs.pkgs.melpaPackages
-3. Run `git commit -m "melpa-packages: $(date -Idate)" recipes-archive-melpa.json`
+3. Run `git commit -m "melpa-packages $(date -Idate)" recipes-archive-melpa.json`
 
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