diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java
index 5e38740b07..6c35f0e9a9 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/NewChangeSender.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public abstract class NewChangeSender extends OutgoingEmail {
     r.append("git pull ssh://");
     if (host.startsWith("*:")) {
       r.append(getGerritHost());
-      r.append(host.substring(2));
+      r.append(host.substring(1));
     } else {
       r.append(host);
     }
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ReplacePatchSetSender.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ReplacePatchSetSender.java
index 69b446b28a..70ed4f5b2c 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ReplacePatchSetSender.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/mail/ReplacePatchSetSender.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class ReplacePatchSetSender extends ReplyToChangeSender {
     r.append("git pull ssh://");
     if (host.startsWith("*:")) {
       r.append(getGerritHost());
-      r.append(host.substring(2));
+      r.append(host.substring(1));
     } else {
       r.append(host);
     }