diff --git a/tools/check b/tools/check
index 0d05188cd9..81b18aabbd 100755
--- a/tools/check
+++ b/tools/check
@@ -323,8 +323,10 @@ if [ -n "${opt_verbose}" ]; then
     echo "Test command: ${orig_cmdline}"
     echo "Time now: $(date --utc +'%F %T %z')"
     echo
+    commit_id=$(git log -1 --format=%h --abbrev=9)
+    commit_height=$(git rev-list --count @)
     commit_time=$(TZ=UTC git log -1 --format=%cd --date=iso8601-local)
-    echo "zulip-flutter $(git describe --tags) • ${commit_time}"
+    echo "zulip-flutter ${commit_id} • r${commit_height} • ${commit_time}"
     echo
     flutter --version
 fi