diff --git a/bin/git-log-mr b/bin/git-log-mr
index 5c6f2861f64243d1ef23362a72730cae24b946e7..e4ae9c4944a71f8670987944207bcee5f1252840 100755
--- a/bin/git-log-mr
+++ b/bin/git-log-mr
@@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ function merge_request_log_single() {
     fi
 
     committers=$(git log --format='%an <%ae>' "${hash}^..${hash}" --skip=1)
-    committers_no_email=$(echo "${committers}" | sed 's/ <.*\>//g' | awk '{$1=$1;print}')
+    committers_no_email=$(echo "${committers}" | sed 's/ <.*>//g' | awk '{$1=$1;print}')
     committers_by_num_commits=$(echo "${committers_no_email}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -nr | awk '{$1=$1;print}' | cut -d ' ' -f 2- | awk 'ORS=", "'| sed 's/, $//')
     contributors=$(echo "${committers}" | sort | uniq | awk 'ORS=", "'| sed 's/, $//')
     num_commits=$(echo "${committers}" | wc -l | tr -d '[:space:]')
     text_commits=$(pluralize "${num_commits}" "commit")
     reviewer=$(git show --format='%cn <%ce>' "${hash}")
-    reviewer_no_email=$(echo "${reviewer}" | sed 's/ <.*\>//g')
+    reviewer_no_email=$(echo "${reviewer}" | sed 's/ <.*>//g')
 
     # The merge request number is in the last line of the body
     merge_request_number=$( { echo "${raw_body}" | tail -n 1 | grep -o -E "![0-9]+"; } || echo "")