diff --git a/admin/update_autogen b/admin/update_autogen
index d7deaaf46be..918106b5efa 100755
--- a/admin/update_autogen
+++ b/admin/update_autogen
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ EOF
 
     done < $tempfile
 
-    commit "generated" $modified || die "bzr commit error"
+    commit "info/dir" $modified || die "bzr commit error"
 }                               # function info_dir