diff --git a/ci/jenkins/bin/autest.sh b/ci/jenkins/bin/autest.sh
index 6c49a498ae7..995b472ea8d 100755
--- a/ci/jenkins/bin/autest.sh
+++ b/ci/jenkins/bin/autest.sh
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
-set +x
+set -x
 
 cd src
 sleep 30
 
 git branch --contains ${ghprbActualCommit} > /dev/null
 if [ $? = 0 -a ! -z "$ghprbActualCommit" ]; then
-    git diff ${ghprbActualCommit}^...${ghprbActualCommit} --name-only | egrep -E '^(build|iocore|proxy|tests|include|mgmt|plugins|proxy|src)/' > /dev/null
+    git diff HEAD~1 --name-only | egrep -E '^(build|iocore|proxy|tests|include|mgmt|plugins|proxy|src)/' > /dev/null
     if [ $? = 1 ]; then
         echo "No relevant files changed, skipping run"
         exit 0
diff --git a/ci/jenkins/bin/docs.sh b/ci/jenkins/bin/docs.sh
index b2fe3c30d10..9966280b436 100755
--- a/ci/jenkins/bin/docs.sh
+++ b/ci/jenkins/bin/docs.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #  limitations under the License.
 
+set -x
+
 # These shenanigans are here to allow it to run both manually, and via Jenkins
 test -z "${ATS_MAKE}" && ATS_MAKE="make"
 test ! -z "${WORKSPACE}" && cd "${WORKSPACE}/src"
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ test ! -z "${WORKSPACE}" && cd "${WORKSPACE}/src"
 INCLUDE_FILES=$(for i in $(git grep literalinclude doc/ | awk '{print $3}'); do basename $i; done | sort -u | paste -sd\|)
 echo $INCLUDE_FILES
 if [ ! -z "$ghprbActualCommit" ]; then
-    git diff ${ghprbActualCommit}^...${ghprbActualCommit} --name-only | egrep -E "(^doc/|$INCLUDE_FILES)" > /dev/null
+    git diff HEAD~1 --name-only | egrep -E "(^doc/|$INCLUDE_FILES)" > /dev/null
     if [ $? = 1 ]; then
         echo "No relevant files changed, skipping run"
         exit 0