diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 649ec86b87..f0b3e7cfe3 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2255,6 +2255,7 @@ static void builtin_diff(const char *name_a,
 		const char *del = diff_get_color_opt(o, DIFF_FILE_OLD);
 		const char *add = diff_get_color_opt(o, DIFF_FILE_NEW);
 		show_submodule_summary(o->file, one ? one->path : two->path,
+				line_prefix,
 				one->sha1, two->sha1, two->dirty_submodule,
 				meta, del, add, reset);
 		return;
diff --git a/submodule.c b/submodule.c
index 975bc87e48..e728025f60 100644
--- a/submodule.c
+++ b/submodule.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static int prepare_submodule_summary(struct rev_info *rev, const char *path,
 }
 
 static void print_submodule_summary(struct rev_info *rev, FILE *f,
+		const char *line_prefix,
 		const char *del, const char *add, const char *reset)
 {
 	static const char format[] = "  %m %s";
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ static void print_submodule_summary(struct rev_info *rev, FILE *f,
 		struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
 		ctx.date_mode = rev->date_mode;
 		strbuf_setlen(&sb, 0);
+		strbuf_addstr(&sb, line_prefix);
 		if (commit->object.flags & SYMMETRIC_LEFT) {
 			if (del)
 				strbuf_addstr(&sb, del);
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ int parse_fetch_recurse_submodules_arg(const char *opt, const char *arg)
 }
 
 void show_submodule_summary(FILE *f, const char *path,
+		const char *line_prefix,
 		unsigned char one[20], unsigned char two[20],
 		unsigned dirty_submodule, const char *meta,
 		const char *del, const char *add, const char *reset)
@@ -280,16 +283,18 @@ void show_submodule_summary(FILE *f, const char *path,
 		message = "(revision walker failed)";
 
 	if (dirty_submodule & DIRTY_SUBMODULE_UNTRACKED)
-		fprintf(f, "Submodule %s contains untracked content\n", path);
+		fprintf(f, "%sSubmodule %s contains untracked content\n",
+			line_prefix, path);
 	if (dirty_submodule & DIRTY_SUBMODULE_MODIFIED)
-		fprintf(f, "Submodule %s contains modified content\n", path);
+		fprintf(f, "%sSubmodule %s contains modified content\n",
+			line_prefix, path);
 
 	if (!hashcmp(one, two)) {
 		strbuf_release(&sb);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%sSubmodule %s %s..", meta, path,
+	strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s%sSubmodule %s %s..", line_prefix, meta, path,
 			find_unique_abbrev(one, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
 	if (!fast_backward && !fast_forward)
 		strbuf_addch(&sb, '.');
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ void show_submodule_summary(FILE *f, const char *path,
 	fwrite(sb.buf, sb.len, 1, f);
 
 	if (!message) /* only NULL if we succeeded in setting up the walk */
-		print_submodule_summary(&rev, f, del, add, reset);
+		print_submodule_summary(&rev, f, line_prefix, del, add, reset);
 	if (left)
 		clear_commit_marks(left, ~0);
 	if (right)
diff --git a/submodule.h b/submodule.h
index 3dc1b3fe89..c7ffc7c399 100644
--- a/submodule.h
+++ b/submodule.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int parse_submodule_config_option(const char *var, const char *value);
 void handle_ignore_submodules_arg(struct diff_options *diffopt, const char *);
 int parse_fetch_recurse_submodules_arg(const char *opt, const char *arg);
 void show_submodule_summary(FILE *f, const char *path,
+		const char *line_prefix,
 		unsigned char one[20], unsigned char two[20],
 		unsigned dirty_submodule, const char *meta,
 		const char *del, const char *add, const char *reset);