diff --git a/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh b/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh
index 30c368271c6..5edb8eaddd4 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh
+++ b/hbase-common/src/saveVersion.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ date=`date`
 cwd=`pwd`
 if [ -d .svn ]; then
   revision=`svn info | sed -n -e 's/Last Changed Rev: \(.*\)/\1/p'`
-  url=`svn info | sed -n -e 's/URL: \(.*\)/\1/p'`
+  url=`svn info | sed -n -e 's/^URL: \(.*\)/\1/p'`
 elif [ -d .git ]; then
   revision=`git log -1 --pretty=format:"%H"`
   hostname=`hostname`