diff --git a/git-whatchanged b/git-whatchanged
index 7772260cd3..6fbd115601 100755
--- a/git-whatchanged
+++ b/git-whatchanged
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-git-rev-list HEAD | git-diff-tree --stdin --pretty -r "$@" | LESS="$LESS -S" ${PAGER:-less}
+git-rev-list $(git-rev-parse --default HEAD --revs-only "$@") |
+	git-diff-tree --stdin --pretty -r $(git-rev-parse --no-revs "$@") |
+	LESS="$LESS -S" ${PAGER:-less}