diff --git a/builtin-merge.c b/builtin-merge.c
index 56a1bb651f8..f1c84d759dd 100644
--- a/builtin-merge.c
+++ b/builtin-merge.c
@@ -796,11 +796,6 @@ static int suggest_conflicts(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static const char deprecation_warning[] =
-	"'git merge <msg> HEAD <commit>' is deprecated. Please update\n"
-	"your script to use 'git merge -m <msg> <commit>' instead.\n"
-	"In future versions of git, this syntax will be removed.";
-
 static struct commit *is_old_style_invocation(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct commit *second_token = NULL;
@@ -814,7 +809,6 @@ static struct commit *is_old_style_invocation(int argc, const char **argv)
 			die("'%s' is not a commit", argv[1]);
 		if (hashcmp(second_token->object.sha1, head))
 			return NULL;
-		warning(deprecation_warning);
 	}
 	return second_token;
 }
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 502af1a9c44..bfeb4a0ff65 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ fi
 
 merge_name=$(git fmt-merge-msg $log_arg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD") || exit
 test true = "$rebase" &&
-	exec git rebase $diffstat $strategy_args --onto $merge_head \
+	exec git-rebase $diffstat $strategy_args --onto $merge_head \
 	${oldremoteref:-$merge_head}
-exec git merge $verbosity $diffstat $no_commit $squash $no_ff $ff_only $log_arg $strategy_args \
-	-m "$merge_name" $merge_head
+exec git-merge $diffstat $no_commit $squash $no_ff $ff_only $log_arg $strategy_args \
+	"$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head $verbosity