diff --git a/dev/merge_spark_pr.py b/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
index a8e92e36fe0d..02ac20984add 100755
--- a/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
+++ b/dev/merge_spark_pr.py
@@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ def fail(msg):
 
 
 def run_cmd(cmd):
+    print cmd
     if isinstance(cmd, list):
-        print " ".join(cmd)
         return subprocess.check_output(cmd)
     else:
-        print cmd
         return subprocess.check_output(cmd.split(" "))