diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ec0889e..7ac8911 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -3871,7 +3871,7 @@ async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base, ref, initialFetchDepth) {
         return (baseRef !== undefined && (await exec_1.default('git', ['merge-base', baseRef, ref], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).code === 0);
     }
     let noMergeBase = false;
-    core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${baseRef}...${ref}`);
+    core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${base}...${ref}`);
     try {
         baseRef = await getFullRef(base);
         if (!(await hasMergeBase())) {
@@ -4776,7 +4776,7 @@ async function getChangedFilesFromGit(base, initialFetchDepth) {
         return await git.getChanges(baseSha);
     }
     // Changes introduced by current branch against the base branch
-    core.info(`Changes will be detected against the branch ${baseRef}`);
+    core.info(`Changes will be detected against ${baseRef}`);
     return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(baseRef, ref, initialFetchDepth);
 }
 // Uses github REST api to get list of files changed in PR
diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index 0c31214..4831e83 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export async function getChangesSinceMergeBase(base: string, ref: string, initia
   }
 
   let noMergeBase = false
-  core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${baseRef}...${ref}`)
+  core.startGroup(`Searching for merge-base ${base}...${ref}`)
   try {
     baseRef = await getFullRef(base)
     if (!(await hasMergeBase())) {
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e3d6ebc..de33bc2 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ async function getChangedFilesFromGit(base: string, initialFetchDepth: number):
   }
 
   // Changes introduced by current branch against the base branch
-  core.info(`Changes will be detected against the branch ${baseRef}`)
+  core.info(`Changes will be detected against ${baseRef}`)
   return await git.getChangesSinceMergeBase(baseRef, ref, initialFetchDepth)
 }