diff --git a/ident.c b/ident.c
index 99f1c85ea5..26409b2a1b 100644
--- a/ident.c
+++ b/ident.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ const char *fmt_ident(const char *name, const char *email,
 		if ((warn_on_no_name || error_on_no_name) &&
 		    name == git_default_name && env_hint) {
 			fprintf(stderr, env_hint, au_env, co_env);
-			env_hint = NULL; /* warn only once, for "git var -l" */
+			env_hint = NULL; /* warn only once */
 		}
 		if (error_on_no_name)
 			die("empty ident %s <%s> not allowed", name, email);
diff --git a/var.c b/var.c
index 125c0d1676..dacbaab259 100644
--- a/var.c
+++ b/var.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static void list_vars(void)
 {
 	struct git_var *ptr;
 	for (ptr = git_vars; ptr->read; ptr++)
-		printf("%s=%s\n", ptr->name, ptr->read(IDENT_WARN_ON_NO_NAME));
+		printf("%s=%s\n", ptr->name, ptr->read(0));
 }
 
 static const char *read_var(const char *var)