diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
index 0ee49416b..3248f9d8f 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ sub rcs_revert ($) {
 
 	ensure_committer();
 
-	if (run_or_non('git', 'merge', '--ff-only', "ikiwiki_revert_$sha1")) {
+	if (run_or_non('git', 'cherry-pick', '--no-commit', "ikiwiki_revert_$sha1")) {
 		return undef;
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index cd7e158a7..92d1b5697 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ikiwiki (3.20161229.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * git: Attribute reverts to the user doing the revert, not the wiki
+    itself.
+
+ -- Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>  Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:35:51 +0000
+
 ikiwiki (3.20161229) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Security: force CGI::FormBuilder->field to scalar context where