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 +338,12 @@
           $author = null;
         }
 
-        if ($author) {
+        $is_author_also_committer =
+          $author && $committer &&
+          $new['authorPHID'] &&
+          $new['authorPHID'] === $new['committerPHID'];
+
+        if ($author && !$is_author_also_committer) {
           $title = pht(
             '%s committed %s (authored by %s).',
             $committer,