diff --git a/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh b/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh
index 1b4d96499d..8a2892443a 100755
--- a/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh
+++ b/gerrit-war/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/extra/bin/gerrit.sh
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ case "$ACTION" in
         echo $PID >"$GERRIT_PID"
       fi
 
-      echo "STARTED Gerrit `date`" 
+      echo OK
     fi
   ;;