diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 4da0ddafc4..e686a17594 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ fall_back_3way () {
     say Using index info to reconstruct a base tree...
 
     cmd='GIT_INDEX_FILE="$dotest/patch-merge-tmp-index"'
+
+    if test -z "$GIT_QUIET"
+    then
+	eval "$cmd git diff-index --cached --diff-filter=AM --name-status HEAD"
+    fi
+
     cmd="$cmd git apply --cached $git_apply_opt"' <"$dotest/patch"'
     if eval "$cmd"
     then