diff --git a/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditTransaction.php b/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditTransaction.php
--- a/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditTransaction.php
+++ b/src/applications/audit/storage/PhabricatorAuditTransaction.php
@@ -338,7 +338,15 @@
           $author = null;
         }
 
-        if ($author) {
+        if ($new['authorPHID']) {
+          $is_author_committer = $new['authorPHID'] === $new['committerPHID'];
+        } else if (phutil_nonempty_string($new['authorName'])) {
+          $is_author_committer = $new['authorName'] === $new['committerName'];
+        } else {
+          $is_author_committer = false;
+        }
+
+        if ($author && !$is_author_committer) {
           $title = pht(
             '%s committed %s (authored by %s).',
             $committer,