diff --git a/scripts/git-show-backports b/scripts/git-show-backports
index 4c6ccee76f..d01f92ce16 100755
--- a/scripts/git-show-backports
+++ b/scripts/git-show-backports
@@ -248,13 +248,19 @@ dump_commit_matrix | column -t | \
 	if [ -n "$MISSING" -a ${#left_commits[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
 		echo "No missing commit to apply."
 	elif [ -n "$MISSING" ]; then
+		echo
 		echo
 		echo "In order to show and/or apply all leftmost commits to current branch :"
 		echo "   git show ${left_commits[@]}"
+		echo
 		echo "   git cherry-pick -sx ${left_commits[@]}"
 		echo
-		echo "In order to show and/or apply all rightmost commits to current branch :"
-		echo "   git show ${right_commits[@]}"
-		echo "   git cherry-pick -sx ${right_commits[@]}"
+		if [ "${left_commits[*]}" != "${right_commits[*]}" ]; then
+			echo "In order to show and/or apply all rightmost commits to current branch :"
+			echo "   git show ${right_commits[@]}"
+			echo
+			echo "   git cherry-pick -sx ${right_commits[@]}"
+			echo
+		fi
 	fi
 )