diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 65c5343bca07..8c21a8a6bad6 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-05-31  Marek Polacek  <polacek@redhat.com>
+
+       * mklog: Prevent printing three spaces after the date.
+
 2012-06-04   Diego Novillo  <dnovillo@google.com>
 
 	* testsuite-management/validate_failures.py (GetResults):
diff --git a/contrib/mklog b/contrib/mklog
index 70308ab44a26..a874c7215c55 100755
--- a/contrib/mklog
+++ b/contrib/mklog
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # Change these settings to reflect your profile.
 $username = $ENV{'USER'};
 $name = `finger $username | grep -o 'Name: .*'`;
-@n = split(/:/, $name);
+@n = split(/: /, $name);
 $name = @n[1]; chop($name);
 $addr = $username . "\@my.domain.org";
 $date = `date +%Y-%m-%d`; chop ($date);